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Bry THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. 


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Published March, 1924. 


The Bible text used in this volume is taken from the American 
Standard Edition of the Revised Bible, copyright, 1901, by 
Thomas Nelson & Sons, and is used by permission. 


Printed in the United States of America by 
THE FERRIS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK 


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 


The compiler and publishers desire to make 
the following acknowledgments of permission 
granted for the use of copyright material: 

To the Trustees of the Presbyterian Board of 
Publication, for permission to use material from 
“The Book of Common Worship,” including the 
Opening Prayer in the Communion Service, the 
second of the Opening Prayers in the Burial 
Service, and the prayers ‘For the Right Use of 
Affliction,’ and “For Grace to Follow Christ,” 
also in the Burial Service. 

To the Publication and Sunday School Board 
of the Reformed Church in the United States, 
for permission to use prayers from “An Order 
of Worship for the Reformed Church,” viz., the 
fifth of the Eucharistic Prayers, and the prayers 
entitled “Self-Control,” “Higher Aspirations,” 
“Preaching of the Gospel,” and “Good Friday,” 
in the section of General Prayers. 

To the Board of Publication and Bible-school 
Work of the Reformed Church in America, for 
permission to use prayers from “The Liturgy of 
the Reformed Church in America,” viz., the 
prayers entitled “Confidence in God,” “Evening 
of the Lord’s Day,’ “Christmas Day,” and 
“Faster Day,” in the section of General Prayers. 

The prayers “For the Kingdom of God,” and 
“Ror Those Who Come After Us,” are from 
“Prayers for the Social Awakening,” by Walter 
Rauschenbusch. Copyrighted by the Pilgrim 
Press. Used by permission. 

The prayer entitled “Right Thoughts” is from 

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bi Acknowledgment 





“A Book of Prayers” by Samuel McComb. 
Copyrighted by Dodd, Mead and Company. 
Used by permission. | 

It is needless to say that in common with all 
similar publications, this book owes a large 
indebtedness to the “Book of Common Prayer.” 


CONTENTS 


EeIRO DUCTION Meets: wessis.c lh eiceh cal er LX 
CHAPTER 
I. AN OrnpER FoR Morninc WorsHip .. 1 
II. A SpeciaL ORDER FOR EvENING WorR- 
SHIP Oost. 6 


III. OrpDERS OF Monninge AND ered 
WorRSHIP FOR THIRTEEN SUNDAYS 
OF EACH QUARTER YEAR, WITH 
- OPENING SENTENCES, INVOCATIONS, 


OFFERTORY PRAYERS, ETC. ... 13 

IV. ORDERS OF WORSHIP FOR SPECIAL 
OccASIONS ... . 66 

V. AN ORDER FOR THE OMNTAT eS 
oF BapTIsmM. .. . 84 

VI. AN ORDER FOR THE Mraern vans 
OF THE LornpD’sSupPpER ...... 91 
VII. Eucnaristic PRAYERS... . TOL 

VIII. AN OrpeR FOR THE DENYOMTGIS OF 
CHILDREN. .. . 5 LAY: 

IX. AN ORDER FOR THE SOMERENTA ATION, OF 
NMIARRIAGE : . . . ao es: 

X. AN ORDER FOR THE Bren OF » Meum 
BERS OF THE CHURCH... . wlLlG 


XI. AN ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF THORE 
Wuo Have Livep APART FROM THE 
CAUnGHinee, . . . . eee 

DePITMORENERAL PRAYERS. . uw, +... . =. LO’ 


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INTRODUCTION 


This book is put forth to be a guide, not a 
chain. The value of our ancient Protestant 
emphasis on free worship is so great that the 
vitality of our Churches would suffer deplorably 
if that freedom were, or could be, lost. But 
freedom that is without discipline, direction, or 
carefulness contributes nothing to vitality. In 
the old days, the congregation used to take a 
larger share in church services, by the partici- 
pation of laymen in prayer. For good or evil, 
that practice has almost completely disap- 
peared. As a result, the whole service has be- 
come dependent on the religious experience, and 
the powers of expression, of one man. But no 
minister, however gifted, can escape the limita- 
tions of being only one man; and unless his gifts 
are supplemented and enriched by adding to 
them the product of the religious experience of 
all Christendom, the congregation loses much of 
value which it has a right to expect. There has 
been for some time a growing feeling of this 
kind in our Churches; that feeling is certain to 
increase as the culture and outlook of our con- 
gregations widen; it is in response to that feel- 
ing that this Service Book is offered. 

It will be observed that the major portion of 
the book consists in the provision of Opening 
Sentences, Invocations, Offertory Sentences and 
Offertory Prayers for morning and evening of 
the thirteen Sundays of each Quarter. These 
will undoubtedly prove of value to any minister 
who finds himself called upon to use these ele- 
ments at every service, and yet is often hard put 

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x Introduction 


to it, to give them that variety and scriptural- 
ness which will make them appropriate to the 
occasion and profitable to the worshipper, Very 
special attention has been given to the Sentences 
and Prayers of the Offertory, because here, as 
nowhere else, the Church has opportunity, week 
after week, to teach the right use of money. 
These sentences and prayers cover far more 
than mere appeal to give liberally when the col- 
lection plate is passed: they aim to enforce the’ 
whole teaching of Scripture with regard to the 
economic life: and to do it in that indirect way 
which is far more effective than an occasional 
driving sermon on the subject. 

The great advantage of a partially liturgical 
service is that it gives the congregation a larger 
share in its own worship. Public worship ought 
always to be a social expression. The use of a 
Congregational Prayer, in addition to the cus- 
tomary Pastoral Prayer of Intercession (which 
ought never to be set or formal or preachy, but 
the pastor’s ewn petition for the needs of his 
people at that time), has been adopted in some 
churches. The three prayers here provided for 
that purpose—a General Thanksgiving, a Gen- 
eral Confession, and a General Prayer for the 
Kingdom—express in a simple, rhythmical and 
scriptural way the feelings which a worshipping © 
congregation ought to express. Their adoption 
in the morning service will be found very help- 
ful, so soon as the congregation has become 
accustomed to their use. They may very suit- 
ably be used also in the Worship Period of the 
Sunday-school hour. 


Introduction xt 


There is a growing feeling in our Churches 
that we are in danger of losing our sense of 
pure worship, as distinct from instruction. At 
least occasionally there ought to be a service 
in which the main emphasis is not on the sermon 
or the music, but upon Prayer and the Word. 
The Special Order for Evening Worship, or 
Vesper Service, will be found to meet that need. , 
Where there is a desire to reprint this or other 
material for the use of a specific congregation, 
permission to do so will be freely accorded by 
the publishers. 

Many Churches that do not follow the prac- 
tice of infant baptism feel the need for some 
kind of service for the dedication of children to 
the Lord. Indeed, such a dedication is all that 
infant baptism means to most members of 
paedobaptist churches. The purpose of the 
service here offered is to give expression to the 
desire for the consecration of family life by 
furnishing to parents the opportunity publicly 
to take vows to bring their children up in the 
nurture and admonition of the Lord. Wherever 
possible, this Service should be held in the 
Church and not in the home, as one of the 
underlying objects is to cement the tie between 
the Family and the Church. The compiler 
feels also that it is a mistake to make a great 
- public observance of this Dedication, as is 
sometimes done, by gathering in a large num- 
ber of children for the purpose at Children’s 
Day, or some other festival time. The service 
should be a small and quiet one, simply bringing 
the solemnity of the Church to what is essen- 





xti Introduction 


tially an act of domestic religious faith. It need 
not be added, perhaps, that at least one of the 
parents of any child for whom such a service 
is used, should be a member of some Christian 
church: a person who has never given himself 
to the Lord cannot sincerely give his child to 
the Lord. 

The Baptismal and Communion Services here 
presented, simply reduce to writing much cur-. 
rent practice. 

It is hoped that the distinction between 
burial services for those who are members of 
the Church and those who are not will com- 
mend itself to all. When a minister officiates 
at a funeral, he does so as the representative of 
Christ’s Church. The language he often feels 
constrained to use when conducting the service 
over the body of one who has in his lifetime 
been no friend to Christ often sounds to the 
observer like sarcasm, or blasphemy, or both. 
We desire to spare the feelings of those who 
have loved the deceased as much as possible; 
we certainly wish to judge no man “before the 
time, until the Lord come,” to whom judgment 
belongeth; but the Christian Church cannot, in 
all conscience, afford to stultify itself by abating 
one jot or one tittle of its testimony to the neces- 
sity of repentance and faith for any one who 
would expect eternal salvation. The ‘Burial 
Service for Those Who Have Lived Apart from 
the Church” is entirely non-committal as to the 
future of the deceased, but does offer to the 
mourners the comfort of the Heavenly. Father's 
providence and mercy. 





Introduction xitt 


In the selection of General Prayers, which are 
collected from the devotional utterances of all 
ages, there has been careful study to preserve 
variety, and to represent ai! the great interests 
of the Christian life, including the social gospel 
of the Second Great Commandment. Even pas- 
tors who do not choose to use these prayers 
directly in the public worship of their churches 
will find their own free prayer enriched by the 
study of them. 

We are trying to revive family worship, these 
days. When, as is often the case, the head of 
a family is unaccustomed to praying aloud in 
the presence of others, he may be encouraged 
to begin by the use of the General Prayers, and 
other prayers from this book. If the minds of a 
family be thus directed into the thought of God 
for a few minutes every day, a different atmos- 
phere may come to pervade the whole life of 
the home. 

There is no provision here for Responsive 
Readings for church worship, as good selections 
for the purpose are to be found in most modern 
hymnals. Nor has there been any effort to 
provide material for choral services, or responses 
between Minister and Choir, such as are some- 
times used. Excellent material for the purpose 
can be obtained from musical publications. 

That this Service Book may aid our Churches 
and families to worship in spirit and in reality 
is the prayer of the compiler. 





An Order for Morning Worship 


CaLL TO WorRSHIP 


| When the Minister rises in his place, let the Con- 
gregation also stand, and join in the following 
responses 
Minister: The Lord be with you. 
Congregation: And with thy spirit. 
M. Praise ye the Lord. 
C. The Lord’s name be praised. 
M. Let us pray. 


OPENING SENTENCE 


In place of the Call to Worship, the Minster may 
read one or more of the Scripture Sentences pro- 
vided in the Orders of Worship for the Quarter, 
adding at the close the words, “Let us pray’ 


INVOCATION AND LoRpD’s PRAYER 


| Let the Congregation be seated with bowed heads, 
while the Minister offers a prayer of invocation, 
followed by the Lord’s Prayer, in which all should 
jon 
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts, As we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil: For Thine is the 
Kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
ever. Amen. 


HyMN 


| The Congregation standing 
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2 @eneral Order—Morning Worship - 


RESPONSIVE READING AND GLORIA 


] The Congregation being seated, may read responsively 
an appropriate selection from the Psalms, or other 
Scriptures, as the Minister shall announce, rising at 
the close to sing the “Gloria Patri,’ or else to join 
in the following responses 
_ Minister: Glory be to the Father, and to 

the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. 

Congregation: As it was in the beginning, 
is now, and ever shall be, world without 
end. Amen. 


CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 


q Let the Congregation, reverently bowing their heads 
or kneeling, join aloud in one of the three follow- 
ing General Prayers: either the General Confession, 
or the General Tranksgiving, or the General Prayer 
for the Kingdom, as the Minister shall announce 


General Confession: 


Almighty and most merciful Father: We 
have erred and strayed from thy ways like 
lost sheep. We have followed too much the 
devices and desires of our own hearts. We 
have offended against thy holy laws. We 
have left undone those things which we 
ought to have done; And we have done 
those things which we ought not to have 
done; And there is no health in us. But 
thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us miser- 
able offenders. Spare thou those, O God, 
who confess their faults. Restore thou them 
that are penitent; According to thy prom- 
ises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus 
our Lord. And grant, O most merciful 





General Order—Morning Worship 3 





Father, for his sake; That we may here- 
after live a godly, righteous and sober life; 
to the glory of thy holy Name. Amen. 


General Thanksgiving: 


Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we 
thine unworthy servants do give thee most 
humble and hearty thanks for all thy good- 
ness to us and to all men. We bless thee 
for our creation, preservation, and all the 
blessings of this life; But above all, for 
thine inestimable love in the redemption of 
the world by our Lord Jesus Christ: For 
the means of grace, and for the hope of 
glory. And we beseech thee, give us that 
due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 
may be unfeignedly thankful; And that we 
may show forth thy praise, not only with 
our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our- 
selves to thy service, and by walking before 
thee in holiness and righteousness all our 
days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, to 
whom, witn thee and the Holy Spirit, be 
all honor and glory, world without end. 
Amen. 


General Prayer for the Coming of Christ’s 
Kingdom: 


Almighty God, who in the fulness of time 
didst send thy Son to be the Savior of the 
world; And didst promise that of the: in- 
crease of his government and of peace there 
should be no end: We, thy servants, look 
for and earnestly desire the perfect coming 





+ General Order—Morning Worship 





of his Kingdom. Turn the hearts of the 
disobedient everywhere to the wisdom of 
the just. May the peoples that walk in 
darkness and the shadow of death, see at 
last thy great light. Let justice roll down 
as waters and righteousness as a mighty 
stream. May greed and hate, poverty and 
disease, ignorance and sin, and all else that 
hinders and obstructs thy reign in the world, 
be speedily cast out of the way. And grant 
unto us, we beseech thee, to be thy servants 
and soldiers in this warfare, manfully fight- 
ing in the field for the glory of thy holy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 


| In view of the petitions already offered by the Con- 
gregation, the Pastoral Prayer may suitably be 
shorter than has sometimes been customary, and 
more strictly of an intercessory character. It should 
never be read 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


| Where convenient, it is suitable that the announce- 
ments should be made by a lay official of the 
Church 


OFFERTORY 


It ws fitting, at the Offertory, for the Minister to 
repeat an appropriate sentence of Scripture on 
giving the plates to the collectors; and on receiving 
the plates again to offer a brief prayer of dedication 
of the offering 


@eneral Order—Morning Worship 5 


HyMNn 
{ The Congregation standing 


SERMON 


 [t is fitting that, after the sermon, the Preacher shall 
offer a brief petition for the blessing of the Holy 
Spirit on the spoken Word, or a prayer that will 
express the feelings of the Congregation in response 
to the truth that has been enunciated in the sermon, 
or utter an Ascription of Praise such as the fol- 
lowing 
Now to God the Father, God the Son, and 
God the Holy Spirit, be ascribed all honor 
and glory, world without end. Amen. 


HyMN 
{| The Congregation standing 


BENEDICTION 


|] Let the Congregation remain standing for the Bene- 
diction. The Benediction may often be combined 
with an Ascription of Prarse, as will be found 
occasionally in the following orders of service 


SILENT PRAYER 


| After the Benediction, let both Minister and Congre- 
gation resume their seats for a brief season of silent 
prayer, to be continued until the organ sounds 
“Amen” 


A Special Order for Evening Worship 


OPENING SENTENCE 


| Let the Congregation rise with the Minister while he 

reads one or more appropriate Scripture Sentences 

~ for the Opening of Worship, closing with the words, 
“Let us pray” 


INVOCATION AND Lorp’s PRAYER 


| The Congregation seated with bowed heads, or kneel- 
ing, while the Minister offers the Prayer of Invoca- 
tion, and joining aloud in the Lord’s Prayer, as 
follows 
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be Thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy 
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts, As we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation. 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is the 
Kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
ever. Amen. : 


HyMNn 
| The Congregation standing 


CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 


{| Let the Congregation, reverently bowing their heads 
or kneeling, join aloud wn the following General 
Thanksgiving 

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, We 
thine unworthy servants do give thee most 
humble and hearty thanks for all thy good-* 
ness to us and to all men. We bless thee 
for our creation, preservation and all the 

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Special Order—Evening Worship 





blessings of this life; But above all, for 
thine inestimable love in the redemption of 
the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; For 
the means of grace, and for the hope of 
glory. And we beseech thee, give us that 
due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts 
may be unfeignedly thankful; And that we 
may show forth thy praise, not only with 
our lips, but in our lives; By giving up 
ourselves to thy service. And by walking 
before thee in holiness and righteousness all 
our days; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, 
To whom with thee and the Holy Spirit, be 
all honor and glory, world without end. 
Amen. 


ANTHEM 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY 


{It ws fitting, at the Offertory, for the Minister to repeat 
an appropriate sentence of Scripture on giving the 
plates to the collectors; and on receiving the plates 
again to offer a brief prayer of dedication 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 


{ The Scripture passage chosen for this lesson may well 
be longer than that read at ordinary seasons of 
worship, of sufficient length, if possible, to convey 
to the auditors the complete thought of a Book, or 
of a section of a Book, of the Bible. It should be 
read with preparation and care 


HyMN 
{ The Congregation standing 





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Special Order—E€vening Worship 





ADDRESS 


| If zt be desirable to have an address, it may suitably 
be made at this point 


LITANY 


| Let the Congregation, with bowed heads or kneeling, 
join with the Minister in the following responsive 
prayers 

Minster: O God, the Father in heaven, have 
mercy upon us. 

Congregation: Have mercy upon us. 

M. O God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have 
mercy upon us. | 

C. Have mercy upon us. | 

M. O God the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the 
Father and the Son: have mércy upon us. 

C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three 
persons and one God, have mercy upon us. 

C. Have mercy upon us. 

M. Remember not, Lord, our sins. which are 
many; nor the sins of our church and 
nation, nor the sins of the society in 
which we live. If thou, Lord, shouldest 
mark iniquity, O Lord who should stand? 
Smite us not for our sins. Spare us, good 
Lord, spare thy people whom thou hast 
redeemed with thy precious blood. 

C. Spare us, good Lord. 

M. From all blindness of heart and contempt of 
thy Word; from vainglory and hypoc- 
risy; from envy, hatred and malice, and 
all uncharitableness: 

C. Good Lord, deliver us. 


Special Order—Evening Worship 9 


SOQ 


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SQ 


. From all impure thoughts and desires; from 


the lust of the flesh and the lust of the 
eyes, and the pride of life: 


. Good Lord, deliver us. 
. From love of money, from dishonesty in 


business, from forgetfulness of our duty, 
from contempt of others, from offense 
against thy little ones, from oppression of 
the poor and the stranger, and from all 
failure to love: 


. Good Lord, deliver us. 
. By thy holy incarnation, by thy humble 


birth, by thy hard life, by thy bitter 
death, by thy glorious resurrection and 
ascension: 


. Good Lord, deliver us. 
. In all time of our tribulation, in all time of 


our wealth, in the hour of death, and in 
the day of judgment: 


. Good Lord, deliver us. 

. We sinners beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 
. Son of God, we beseech thee to hear us. 

. That it may please thee to keep us in all 


time of temptation and heaviness, to 
comfort and help all the weakhearted, to 
raise up them that fall, and finally to 
beat down the powers of evil under our 
feet: 


. We beseech thee to hear us, O Lord. 
. That it may please thee to succor, help, and 


comfort all that are in danger, necessity, 
and distress: 


. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 





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Special Order—Evening Worship 


That it may please thee to bring all man- 


kind to the saving knowledge of thy 
truth: 


. We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
. That it may please thee to stir up the souls 


of thy faithful people; to labor for the 
coming of thy Kingdom throughout the 
world, and the doing of thy will on earth 
even as it is done in heaven: 


We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord. 
For those who mourn, for fatherless children 


and widows, for those who are poor, 
broken, and oppressed; for all whose 
labor is without hope; for all whose labor 
is without honor; for all whose labor is 
without interest; for those whose labor 
is without just “reward: for those who 
have no labor; for those who desire no 
labor; for those who have no home; for 
prisoners and outcasts; for the victims of 
lust; for those who are luxurious and in- 
temperate; for those who are sick and 
hungry; for those who have lost faith in 
thee; for all who sit in darkness and the 
shadow of death: 


. We beseech thee, good Lord. 
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 


the world, 


. Have mercy upon us. 
. O Lamb of God, that takest away the sin of 


the world, 


. Grant us thy peace. 
- O God, from whom all holy desires, all good 


counsels, and all just works do. proceed: 


Special Order—E€Evening Worship 11 


give unto thy servants that peace which 
the world cannot give; that our hearts 
may be set to obey thy commandments, 
and also that we, being defended from all 
fear, may by thy protection pass our time 
in peace and quietness, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


EVENING PRAYER. 

{| Here the Minister may without interruption proceed 
to offer one or both of the following evening 
prayers, or he may offer ex tempore prayer 

O Lord, our heavenly Father, by whose 
almighty power we have been preserved this 
day, and to whom the darkness and the 
light are both alike: by thy great mercy 
lighten our darkness and defend us from all 
perils and dangers of this night; and so re- 
fresh our weary nature with the help our 
weakness needs, that we may behold the 

dawn and the day with joyfulness, and be 
devoted to thee, both in body and soul, for 
the love of thy son, our Savior Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 


O Lord, support us all day long of this 
troublous life, until the shadows lengthen, 
and the evening comes, and the busy world 
is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
our work is done. Then in thy mercy, grant 
us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace 
at last; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 





12 Special Order—€vening Worship 





HyMN 
] The Congregation standing 


BENEDICTION 


SILENT PRAYER 


@rders of Morning and Evening Worship 
for the Thirteen Sundays, with Invocations, 
@Offertory, Prayers, Etc. 


First Sundap—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: | 


Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah all ye 
lands. Serve Jehovah with gladness: come be- 
fore his presence with singing. Know ye that 
Jehovah, he is God: it is he that hath made us, 
and we are his; we are his people and the sheep 
of his pasture. , 

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and 
into his courts with praise: give thanks unto 
him and bless his name. For Jehovah is good: 
his lovingkindness endureth for ever and his 
faithfulness unto all generations. 


INVOCATION: 


O Thou whose faithfulness endureth to all 
generations; in whose sight a thousand years 
are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a 
watch in the night; and who hast called us out 
of the silence that we may live in thee; we 
come to thee for the aid without which we are 
sure to fail. Amid all the changes of the years 
we would lay hold on thee in unfailing trust, 
and in communion with thee would find hope 
and comfort and direction for our lives. Be 
pleased now to bless the worship of this hour, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Our Father who art in heaven, etc. 

HYMN 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession: 
ScRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 

14 


First Sundayp—Morning Worship 15 





ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Bring ye the whole tithe into the storehouse, 
. .. and prove me now herewith, saith Jehovah 
of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of 
heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there 
shall not be room enough to receive it. 


The Prayer: 


O God, whose tender mercies are over all thy 
works, how greatly have our lives been enriched 
by the constant largess of thy providence! Day 
and night, and year by year, we have been 
watered by the River of God, which is full of 
water. For this so abundant blessing, spiritual 
and temporal, we tender thee the gratitude and 
devotion of our hearts, and for a testimony 
thereof we bring these offerings to thine altar. 
Amen. 


HymMNn 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HymMn 

BENEDICTION: 


Now unto him that is able to guard you from 
stumbling, and to set you before the presence of 
his glory without blemish in exceeding Joy, to 
the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and 
power, before all time, and now, and for ever- 
more. And may the blessing of this our God 
be yours, and remain with you always. Amen. 
SILENT PRAYER 


First Sundayp—€Ebvening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: ) 


Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in 
the day-time; and in the night his song shall 
be with me, even a prayer unto the God of. my 
life. 

Blessed be the Lord, for he hath visited and 
wrought redemption for his people. | 

Through Jesus, then, let us offer up a sacrifice 
of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit 
of lips which make confession to his name. 


INVOCATION: 


O Thou that hearest prayer, it is written that 
‘unto thee shall all flesh come. And hither are 
we come at this time to inquire in thy holy 
place, and to hear what Jehovah our God will 
speak to us. Meet us here, as thou hast prom- 
ised. Fulfil our needs and answer our longings. 
May more light: break forth from thy Holy 
Word to guide our feet in the way of peace. 
And may this worship which now we begin, in 
passing leave us with our sins forgiven, our de- 
sires cleansed, and our lives consecreated to the 
Kingdom of thy dear Son. 
Our Father, etc. 


HyMN or HYMNS 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
16 


First Sundap—Evening Worship 17 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


A faithful man shall abound with blessings; 
but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not 
be unpunished. 


The Prayer: 


As thou hast promised, dear Lord, to give 
wisdom to all men liberally, without upbraiding 
us for our want thereof, may thy Spirit illumine 
for us this great problem of our daily life, the 
right acquiring and expenditure of earthly sub- 
stance. May we use the world as not abusing 
it. In the needful business of life, may we ever 
have at heart thy glory and the welfare of our 
fellow-creatures, in the spirit of Jesus, our Mas- 
ter. Amen. 


HyMNn 
SERMON——~SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Second Sundayp—Morning Worship 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


Thus saith the high and lofty One that in- 
habiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell 
in the high and holy place, with him also that 
is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the 
spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite. 

The meek will he guide in justice; and the 
meek will he teach his way. 

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. } 


INVOCATION: , 


Almighty and Everlasting God, whom the 
heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the 
temples which our hands have builded, but who 
art ever nigh unto the humble and _ contrite: 
shed down thy Holy Spirit, we beseech thee, on 
all who are here assembled: that cleansed and 
illumined by thy grace, we may worthily show 
forth thy praise, meekly learn thy Word, render 
due thanks for thy mercies, and obtain a gra- 
cious answer to our prayers, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HYMN 

RESPONSIVE REeapDING—GLoRIA PaTRI 
CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
ScRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
18 


Second Sundayp—Morning Worship 19 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 


The Sentence: 


If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the 
altar, and there rememberest that thy brother 
hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift 
before the altar, and go thy way, first be recon- 
ciled to thy brother, and then come and offer 
thy gift. 


The Prayer: 


O God, Father of all men, may these our offer- 
ings he acceptable to thee as the honest expres- 
sion of unselfish goodwill to all the brotherhood 
of men, thy children. May all the goods of this 
world which we call ours, be clean from any 
stain of unfairness or deceit or cruelty. May 
our consciences be so clear and void of offense, 
that we can truly say no man hath aught against 
us, and bring our gifts to the altar with gladness 
and singleness of heart, in Jesus Christ. Amen. 


HyMNn 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMn 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Second Sundap—Ebening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Where two or three are gathered together in 
my name, saith the Lord, there am I in the midst 
of them. 

Behold the tabernacle of God is with men, 
and he shall dwell with them, and they shall be 
his peoples, and God himself shall be with them, 
and be their God. 

As for me, in the abundance of thy loving- 
kindness will I come into thy house; in thy 
fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. 


INVOCATION: 


O Lord our God, whose dwelling is ever among 
the children of men, we who are thy guests in 
the House of Life, turn to thee in the silence of 
this evening hour of prayer, seeking strength for 
the duties, comfort for the sorrows, and light for 
the perplexities of our daily life. Graciously 
meet us here and give us the desire of our hearts. 
May thy Spirit brood over our souls, stilling 
them with that peace which the world cannot 
give nor take away, and infusing into our spirits 
the joy of the Lord Jesus, 

Our Father, etc. 


Hymn or HYMNS 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
ScRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
20 


Seconds Sundayp—Evening Worship 21 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Upon the first day of the week, let each one 
of you lay by him . . . as he may prosper. 


The Prayer: 


O God, whose blessing alone maketh rich and 
addeth no sorrow therewith: we are thy pen- 
sioners, dependent wholly on thy faithfulness 
and bounty. All that we have is of thy gift. 
Save us from spending our money for that which 
is not bread, and giving our labor for that which 
satisfieth not. May we desire earnestly the best 
gifts, not laying up treasure for ourselves, but 
being rich toward God, as thy Son Jesus Christ 
hath taught us. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from 
our sins by his blood and made us to be a king- 
dom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to 
him be the glory and the dominion for ever and 
ever. And may His blessing abide with you 
eternally. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Third Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Serve Jehovah with gladness; come before his 
presence with singing. Enter into his gates 
with thanksgiving and into his courts with 
praise: give thanks unto him, and bless his 
name. | 

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; 
in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one 
another with psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, Singing with grace in your hearts to God. 

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse 
us from all unrighteousness. 


INVOCATION: 


Lord our God, great, eternal, wonderful in 
glory, who keepest covenant and promises for 
those that love thee with their whole heart; who 
art the Life of all, the Help of those that flee 
unto thee, the Hope of those who ery unto thee: 
cleanse us from our sins, secret and open, and 
from every thought displeasing to thy goodness 
—cleanse our bodies and souls, our hearts and 
consciences, that with a pure heart and a clear 
soul, with perfect love and calm hope, we may 
venture confidently and fearlessly to pray unto 
thee. 

Our Father, ete. 


HymMn 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 


CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
22 





Third Sundayp—Morning Worship 23 





SCRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends 
by means of the mammon of unrighteousness; 
that when it shall fail, they may receive you 
into the eternal tabernacles. 


The Prayer: 


O God, who hast made us thy servants to be 
stewards of the worldly goods which thou hast 
put in our hands, and .stewards also of the 
Gospel of Christ; help us in the administration 
of both these trusts, that they may help one 
the other to thy glory: our earthly substance 
serving for the furtherance of the Gospel; and 
the spirit of the Gospel governing our getting 
and use of earthly substance. Amen. 


HyMN 


SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 
BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Third Sundap—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


And it shall come to pass, that at evening tirne 
there shall be light. Seeing it is God, that said, 
Light shall shine out of darkness, who shined in 
our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of 
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, 
we have fellowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 


INVOCATION: 


O Thou who dwellest in light unapproachable; 
by whom light is sown for the righteous, and 
gladness for the upright in heart: illumine us, 
we beseech thee, with the light of the knowledge 
of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 
In him may the eyes of our understanding be 
enlightened, that we may behold the King in his 
beauty. As we pray, may our very souls ery 
out after Him. As we sing, may our voices utter 
the joy of hearts made glad in Him. As we reflect 
upon thy word, may His truth lay hold of our 
wills. And to thee, Father, Son, and Spirit, will 
we ascribe honor and glory, world without end. 

Our Father, ete. 


Hymn or Hymns 
RESPONSIVE REeADING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
24 


Third Sundayp—Evening Worship 25 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


God is not unrighteous to forget your work 
and the love which ye showed toward his name, 
in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still 
do minister. 

The Prayer: 


O loving Father, who hast always been mind- 
ful of us, never forgetting our needs, or over- 
looking any generosity or mercy that we have 
shown: help us .to overcome our heedlessness, 
and our too common forgetfulness of the respon- 
sibilities of our lives. Give us a portion with 
thy faithful ones, who have sought in small 
things as in great, in things temporal and things 
eternal, to do thy will. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMn 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Fourth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: | 


Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy tabernacle? 
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that 
walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness 
and speaketh truth in his heart. 

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and 
bow myself before the high God? Shall I come 


before him with burnt offerings? . . . Will 
Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams or 
with ten thousands of rivers of oil? . . . He 


hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and 
what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do 
justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly 
with thy God? 

Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at 
hand. 


INVOCATION: 


Holiness becometh thine house, O Lord, and 
we who draw near unto thee in worship and 
adoration this morning ought to come with clean 
lips and unsoiled hands. That we cannot do, 
our Father, for the thoughts and intents of our 
hearts have been evil; and out of the heart are 
the issues of life. We can but come beseeching 
thee for cleansing grace, and fervently repeating 
the prayer which the Master taught us to offer, 
saying, 

Our Father, ete. 

HYMN 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA Patri 
CONGREGATIONAL PrayER: General Confession 
SCRIPTURE Lesson 

26 


Fourth Sundayp—Morning Worship df ¢ 


ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 


The Sentence: 


Let each man do according as he hath pur- 
posed in his heart; not grudgingly, or of neces- 
sity ; for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God 
is able to make all grace abound unto you; that 
ye, having always all sufficiency in everything, 
may abound unto every good work. 


The Prayer: 


All things are thine, O Lord, and of thine own 
have we given'thee. We thank thee for the 
abundance of thy provision for our temporal 
needs, as well as for the deeper needs of the 
soul. And in gratitude we make these offerings, 
for the greater glory of him who, though he was 
rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we 
through his poverty might become rich. Amen. 
HYMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The peace of God, which passeth all under- 
standing, keep your hearts and minds in the 
knowledge and love of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God 
Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Spirit, be amongst you, and remain with you, 
always. Amen. 

SILENT PRAYER 


Fourth Sundap—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain 
of Jehovah, to the house of the God of Jacob; 
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will 
walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth 
the law, and the word of Jehovah from Jeru- 
salem. 

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and 
it shall be called, The way of holiness; the un- 
clean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for 
the redeemed; the way faring men, yea, fools, 
shall not err therein. 

Jesus said, If any man willeth to do the will 
of God, he shall know of the teaching, whether 
it is of God, or whether I speak from myself. 


INVOCATION: 


Most holy Father, may the hush of thy pres- 
ence move us now to adoration, and may all 
voices be still that thine may be heard; quiet 
our minds of their frettings, hide from us the 
false glamor of things, and may the truth dawn 
upon all our souls. We bring to thee the un- 
satisfied desire of our seeking hearts, for naught 
save thyself can give us the rest vouchsafed to 
us in the promises of Jesus Christ our Lord, who 
taught us to pray unto thee, saying, 

Our Father, etc. 


Hymn or Hymns 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 
28 


Fourth Sundap— Evening Worship 29 


ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


But this I say, He that soweth sparingly shall 
reap also sparingly, and he that soweth bounti- 
fully shall reap also bountifully. 


The Prayer: 


As the husbandman with unsparing hand casts 
unto the ground the finest ears of his grain, 
confident in thy promise that while the earth 
remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and 
heat, and summer and winter, shall not cease; 
so O Lord, we make sacrifice of these material 
things, beseeching thee to bring them to spiritual 
and eternal issues. By reason of these our gifts, 
may the souls of men be saved and sanctified, 
the glory of thy Name enhanced, and thy King- 
dom promoted throughout the world. Amen. 


HyMN 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HYMN 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Fifth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my 
voice; in the morning will I order my prayer 
unto thee, and will keep watch. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye 
lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of 
glory will come in. Who is the King of glory? 
Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in 
battle. 

Lift up your heads, O ye gates, yea, lift them 
up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of glory 
will come in. Who is this King of glory? Je- 
hovah of hosts, He is the King of glory. 


INVOCATION: 


O God of boundless might and incomprehen- 
sible glory, infinite compassion and measureless 
love to man; look down upon us and upon this 
house of prayer, and show the riches of thy 
mercy and tenderness; and so make us worthy, 
with a pure heart and a contrite spirit, with 
hallowed lips and with a countenance that 
needeth not to be ashamed, to call upon thee, 
our Father in heaven, as we were taught by thy 
blessed Son, our Savior, saying, 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMn 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PrayER: General Thanksgiving 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 
30 


Fifth Sundap—Morning Worship aL 


ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


The Son of Man came not to be ministered 
unto, but to minister, and to give his life a 
ransom for many. 


The Prayer: 


O Lord, who hast with bounteous liberality 
bestowed upon: us gifts too lavish for appraisal 
and benefits too rich to be bought with any 
price—sun and sky and flowers, home and kins- 
folk and friends, thy Gospel and thy Church, 
and above all the redemption of our souls in 
Jesus Christ: receive this thank offering at our 
hands, and bless it for his sake. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Fifth Sundap—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Sing praise unto Jehovah, O ye saints of his, 
and give thanks unto his holy memorial name. 
For his anger is but for a moment; his favor is — 
for a life-time: weeping may tarry for the night, 
but joy cometh in the morning. 

When the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, is 
come, he shall guide you into all the truth. 

If ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts 
unto your children, how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them 
that ask him? i‘ 


INVOCATION: 


O God, our Father, who hast led us apart 
from the busy world into the quiet of thy 
house: grant that this our worship may be ac- 
ceptable unto thee, and comforting to our souls, 
and may enable us better to serve thee in our 
daily life. Strengthen us for the work to which 
thou hast called us among men, and keep us 
mindful of the coming night when the noise of 
the world shall be heard by us no more. 

Our Father, ete. 


HyMn or Hymns 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
ScRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
32 


Fifth Sundap—Ebvening Worship 33 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he 
that doeth the will of my Father who is in 
heaven. 


The Prayer: 


We would not make these offerings, Lord, a 
substitute for the giving of ourselves. Rather 
would we, like the saints of old, first give our 
own selves to thee, and then our gifts. Our wills 
and affections, our souls and bodies, our time 
and talents, our inmost thoughts and our dearest 
hopes—we consecrate them all to thy Kingdom, 
for his sake who for us and for our redemption, 
humbled himself, and became obedient unto 
death, yea, the death of the cross. Amen. 


HYMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMn 


BENEDICTION: 


The peace of God which passeth all under- 
standing, keep your hearts and minds in the 
knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus 
Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Al- 
mighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy 
Spirit, be amongst you and remain with you 
always. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Sixth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call 
ye upon him while he is near: let the wicked 
man forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, 
and he will have mercy upon him; and to our 
God, for he will abundantly pardon. 

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest and 
causest to approach unto thee, that he may 
dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with 
the goodness of thy house, thy holy temple. 

Having then a great High Priest who hath 
passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of 
God, . . . let us therefore draw near with 
boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may 
receive mercy, and find grace to help us in time 
of need. 


INVOCATION: 


O Lord our God, who hast bidden the light 
to shine out of darkness, who hast again 
wakened us to praise thy goodness and ask for 
thy grace; accept now, in thy endless mercy, 
the sacrifice of our worship and thanksgiving, 
and grant unto us all such requests as may be 
wholesome for us. Make us to be children of 
the light and of the day, and heirs of thy ever- 
lasting inheritance; so that we, redeemed in soul 
and body, and steadfast in faith, may ever 
praise thy wonderful and holy name, saying, 

Our Father, ete. 


HymMN 


RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
34 


Sixth Sundayp—Morning Worship 35 


CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he 
became poor, that ye through his poverty might — 
become rich. 

' The Prayer: 


We give thee thanks, O Lord, for the organi- 
zation of thy Church, that enables us to invest 
the returns of our daily labor, in the redemption 
of mankind. May this offering go where we 
ourselves cannot go, and do that which we can- 
not in our own persons do—raising the fallen, 
cheering the faint, healing the sick, casting out 
sin, and establishing thy holy Kingdom through- 
out the world. Amen. 


HyMN 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMNn 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Sixth Sundap—Ebening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Incline your ear, saith the Lord, and come 
unto me; hear and your soul shall live: and I 
will make an everlasting covenant with you, 
even the sure mercies of David. | 

When the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth 
that which is lawful and right, he shall save his 
soul alive. 

Let my prayer be set forth as incense before 
thee; the lifting up of my hands as the evening 
sacrifice. 


INVOCATION: 


Grant us thy blessing, O God, as we enter into 
thy courts. Help us to worship thee, who art 
a Spirit, in spirit and in truth, as thou requirest. 
Deliver us from all vain thoughts and desires. 
Create in us clean hearts, and renew a right 
spirit within us. Speak to our souls, we beseech 
thee, and may we not leave this place of prayer 
without new purposes of good, and a closer walk 
with thee. So may this hour of worship make 
for thy glory and our eternal welfare in Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HymMN ork HYMNS 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
36 


Sixth Sundap—€Ebening Worship 37 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


There is that scattereth, and increaseth yet 
more; and there is that withholdeth more than 
is meet, but it tendeth only to want. The liberal 
soul shall be made fat; and he that watereth 
shall be watered also himself. 


The Prayer: 


We thank thee for giving us so much that we 
can bring to thee. Though we often deal very 
niggardly with thee, thou hast dealt very lib- 
erally with us. Lead us now and henceforth to 
share our best with thee; and as thou hast given 
thyself without reserve for our eternal welfare, 
so. may we give ourselves without reluctance to 
the service of thy Kingdom. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
Hymn 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Seventh Sundayp—Morning Worship 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


When thou saidst, Seek ye my face, my heart 
said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. 

O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I 
seek thee; my soul thirsteth for thee in a dry 
and thirsty land where no water is. So have I 
looked upon thee in the sanctuary, to seek thy 
power and glory. | 

Ask and it shall be given you; seek and ye 
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you. . 


INVOCATION: 


O God, Light of the hearts that know thee, 
and Life of the souls that love thee, and 
Strength of the thoughts that seek thee; from 
whom to turn away is to fall, to whom to turn 
is to rise, and in whom to abide is to stand 
fast forever; grant us now thy grace and bless- 
ing as we are assembled in this sanctuary to 
offer up our common supplications; and though 
we are unworthy to approach thee, or to ask 
anything of thee at all, vouchsafe to hear and 
to answer us for the sake of our great High 
Priest and Advocate, Jesus Christ. 

Our Father, etc. 


HYMN 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CoNGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 
38 


Seventh Sundayp—Morning Worship 39 


ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Better is a little with righteousness, than great ° 
revenues with injustice. There is that maketh 
himself rich, yet hath nothing; there is that 
maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. 


The Prayer: 


O Lord, Master of the House of Life in which 
we dwell: teach us thy stewards the right 
handling of the money thou dost entrust to our 
care. May we acquire it without injustice or 
injury to any; may we hold it in a light grasp, 
rejoicing in it but not overvaluing it or suffer- 
ing it to put any barrier between us and others; 
may we expend it wisely for the building up of 
life and character; may we use it freely for thy 
glory and the vetterment of mankind. Amen. 


HyMNn 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMNn 


BENEDICTION: 


May grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 
Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord, and 
from the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, abide with 
you always. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Seventh Sundap—Ebening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Honor and majesty are before the Lord: 
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. 
Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and _ strength. 
Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his 
name; bring an offering and come into his courts. 

It is a good thing to give thanks unto Jehovah 
and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most 
High: to show forth thy lovingkindness in the 
morning, and thy faithfulness every night. 

For this God is our God for ever and ever: 
he will be our guide even unto death. 


INVOCATION: 


O'God, who by thy word hast given unto us 
exceeding great and precious promises, by tak- 
ing hold on which we may escape the corruption 
that is in the world and become partakers of the 
divine nature: encourage us by thy Spirit to a 
confident expectation of all good things from 
thee: that we may abide and labor and worship 
in the cheerfulness of a godly hope. And teach 
us to utter with the longings of our hearts those 
petitions for which our Blessed Master taught 
us the outward form of words, when we say, 

Our Father, ete. 


Hymn or Hymns 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
ScRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
40 





Seventh Sundap—Ebvening Worship 41 





PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


To do good and to communicate, forget not: 
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 


The Prayer: 


Be pleased, O Lord, to accept these offerings 
which we bring with a willing and cheerful mind. 
We thank thee that we are permitted to have a 
part in thy great task of the world’s redemption. 
May those who administer these gifts be blessed 
with fidelity and wisdom, so that all may aid 
effectively in the building up of thy glorious 
kingdom. And grant that with our gifts we may 
give our very selves to thy love and service. 
Amen. 


HymMn 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HymMn 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Cighth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


God is a Spirit, and they that worship him 
must worship in spirit and truth. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a- 
broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt 
not despise. 

If we say we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess 
our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive 
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unright- 
eousness. 


INVOCATION: 


It is in all humility that we come before thee 
this morning, our Father. With shame and 
confusion of face, we acknowledge the sin and 
waywardness of our lives. We have been dis- 
obedient children, unprofitable servants, faith- 
less friends of thine. We are witnesses who 
have forgotten their testimony, torch-bearers 
whose light is flickering, debtors who cannot 
pay, runners whose strength is spent, soldiers 
who have turned back in the day of battle. 
There is no health in us. We would draw 
upon thy resources of strength and purity. Send 
out thy light and thy truth that they may lead 
us. Hear us as we cry in the name of Jesus thy 
Son, who taught us to pray, 

Our Father, ete. 


HyYMn 


RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
42 





Cighth Sundap—Morning Worship 43 





CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 
Freely ye received, freely give. 


' The Prayer: 


O Thou who hast redeemed us not with silver 
or gold; but with thine own precious life-blood: 
be pleased to receive these tokens of our grati- 
tude at the realization of thy great sacrifice on 
our behalf. Of thy fulness have we all received. 
Take, we beseech thee, these offerings at our 
hands, and use them for thy good purposes in 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 


HyMNn 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMNn 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Cighth Sundap—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


O bless our God, ye people, and make the 
voice of his praise to be heard: who holdeth our 
soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be 
moved. . 

Jehovah is nigh unto all them that call, to all 
that call upon him in truth. 

Behold I stand at the door and knock, saith 
the Lord: If any man hear my voice, and open 
the door, I will come in to him, and will sup 
with him, and he with me. 


INVOCATION: 


Almighty God, from whom every good prayer 
cometh, and who pourest out on all who desire 
it the Spirit of grace and supplication; deliver 
us when we draw nigh unto thee from all cold- 
ness of heart and wandering of mind; fix our 
affections on thy self and on thy service; fill us 
with holy, peaceful, and: beautiful thoughts; 
that with steadfast minds and kindled affections 
we may worship thee in spirit and in truth, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMn orn HYMNS 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
44 





Eighth Sundap—€Evening Worship 45 





ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


As thy substance is, give alms of it according 
to thine abundance. If thou have little, be not 
afraid to give alms according to that little, for 
thou layest up a good treasure for thyself 
against the day of necessity (Tobit 4:8, 9). 


The Prayer: 


For skill of hand and eye, for brain and 
thought, for the kindly products of the earth, 
for the opportunities created by human society, 
for all that makes possible our economic well- 
being, we thank thee, O Lord. May we use 
these thy gifts as not abusing them, and so pass 
through things temporal as not to lose sight of 
things eternal, but ever hold fast the Spirit of 
our Master, Jesus Christ. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HYMN 


BENEDICTION: 


May grace, mercy, and peace, from God the 
Father, and from Christ Jesus our Lord, and 
from the Comforter the Holy Spirit, abide with 
you always. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Rinth Sundap—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


I will lift mine eyes unto the mountains. 
From whence shall my help come? My help 
cometh from Jehovah, who made heaven and 
earth. 

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; for 
he will speak peace unto his people. 

The same Lord is Lord of all, and is rich unto 
all that call upon him. For whosoever shall cal! 
upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 


INVOCATION: 


We beseech thee, O Lord, to meet us and bless 
us as we gather in this house of worship to-day. 
May nothing come between us and thee to mar 
or obstruct our communion with thee. For- 
give our sins, and create in us by thy Spirit a 
love for righteousness. Accept our songs of 
praise, our offerings for the spread of thy King- 
dom, our prayers unuttered or expressed; guide 
the meditations of our hearts; and receive us all 
into fellowship with thee, for Christ’s sake. 

Our Father, etc. 


HYMN 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: For the Kingdom 
ANTHEM 

ScRIPTURE LESSON 


PASTORAL PRAYER 


Rinth Sundayp—Morning Worship 47 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the 
earth, where moth and rust consume, and where 
thieves break through and steal: but lay up for 
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither 
moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves 
do not break through nor steal: for where thy 
treasure is, there will thy heart be also. 


‘The Prayer: 


O Thou who openest thine hand and satisfiest 
the desire of every living thing: be pleased, we 
beseech thee, to receive and to bless these our 
offerings, and use them in thy New Creation, 
even thy glorious Kingdom. Amen. 


HyMNn 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Ninth Sundayp—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised. 
O that men would praise Jehovah for his loving- 
kindness, and for his wonderful works to the 
children of men! And let them offer the sacri- 
fices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with 
singing. Let them exalt him also in the assem- 
bly of the people, and praise him in the seat of 
the elders. | 

From the rising of the sun even unto the 
going down of the same my name shall be great 
among the Gentiles; and in every ‘place incense 
shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offer- 
ing: for my name shall be great among the 
Gentiles, saith Jehovah of hosts. 

As for me, I will call upon God: and Jehovah 
will save me. Evening and morning, and at 
noonday, will I complain, and moan; and he will 
hear my voice. 


INVOCATION: 


O heavenly King, the Spirit of Truth, who art 
everywhere prevent, and fillest all things, Treas- 
ure of Blessings, and Giver of Life: come and 
dwell in us and purify our hearts from every 
stain, and vouchsafe us this night such blessing 
through thy worship, that the days which follow 
may most truly be spent in thy favor and 
service, through Jesus Christ. 

Our Father, etc. 

Hymn or HYMNS 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

48 


Rinth Sundayp—€Evening Worship 49 





ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


As ye abound in everything, in faith and 
utterance, and knowledge, and in all earnestness, 
and in love, see that ye abound in this grace 
also. 


The Prayer: 


O God, Almighty Giver of Life to all men, 
and Fountain of Life Eternal to them that are 
redeemed: endow us, we beseech thee, with 
those spiritual gifts which alone can make our 
lives fruitful of good. Make us to abound in 
everything—in faith, and utterance, and knowl- 
edge, and in all earnestness, and in sincere love, 
and not less in this grace also, of giving. May 
the offerings of our substance which we bring 
to this place from time to time, redound to thy 
praise and the betterment of mankind, by the 
building up of thy Church. Amen. 


HyMn 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HymMn 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Tenth Sundayp—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Come unto me, saith the Lord, all ye that 
labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you 
rest. 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the 
waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, 
buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money and without price. Wherefore 
do ye spend money for that which is not bread? 
and your labor for that which satisfieth not? 

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he 
that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that 
is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him 
take the water of life freely. 


INVOCATION: 


Almighty and everlasting God, who art al- 
ways more ready to hear than we to pray, and 
art wont to give more than either we desire or 
deserve; pour down upon us the abundance of 
thy merey; forgiving us those things whereof 
our conscience is afraid, and giving us those 
good things which we are not worthy to ask, 
but through the merits and mediation of Jesus 
Christ, thy Son, our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMN 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 


SCRIPTURE LESSON 
50 


ey 


Tenth Sunday—Morning Worship 51 


LS 


ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


As we have opportunity, let us work that 
which is good toward all men, and especially 
toward them that are of the household of faith. 


The Prayer: 


O Lord, forbid that we should have our hope 
set on the uncertainty of riches, but on thee, 
who givest us richly all things to enjoy. May 
we do good, be rich in good works, ready to 
distribute, as thou hast commanded; laying up 
for ourselves a good foundation against the time 
to come, laying hold on the life which is life 
indeed, and furthering by our substance the vic- 
tory of thy will on earth. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God 
our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal 
comfort and good hope by the Spirit of Grace, 
comfort your hearts and establish them in every 
good work and word. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Tenth Sundayp—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


To the Lord our God belong mercies and for- 
giveness; for we have rebelled against him; 
neither have we obeyed the voice of Jehovah 
our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before 
us by his servants the prophets. 

I heard as it were a great voice of a great 
multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah: Salva- 
tion and glory and power belong to our God, 
for true and righteous are his judgments. 

I will arise and go to my Father, and will 
say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven and in thy sight; I am no more worthy 
to be called thy son. 


INVOCATION: 


O Father Eternal, we thank thee for the new 
and living way into thy presence made for us 
in Christ. Beneath his Cross we would take our 
stand; in communion with his Spirit would we 
pray, in fellowship with the whole Church of 
Christ each of us would seek to know thy mind 
and will. Grant that this season of holy quiet 
may be profitable to us in heavenly things, re- 
freshing and strengthening us to finish the work 
thou hast given us to do. So may this sanctuary 
become unto us this night, the gate of heaven, 
the house of God, where our spirits may meet 
thee, and live. 

Our Father, ete. 


HyMn or Hymns 


RESPONSIVE ReaApDING—GLORIA Patri 
52 





Tenth Sundayp—Ebdening Worship SS 





SCRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 


The Sentence: 


Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Be- 
hold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the 
poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of 
any man, I restore fourfold. And Jesus said 
unto him, To-day is salvation come to this 
house. 


The Prayer: 


O Lord, we beseech thee, make clear to us the 
full meaning of that salvation which thou hast 
brought. May all our character be transformed 
as thou leadest us out of the darkness into thy 
marvellous light. May that treasure on which 
our hearts are set, no longer be the treasure 
of selfish acquisition, but the rich treasure of a 
heart overflowing with love to all the sons of 
men, and seeing in them the very presence of the 
Son of Man, our Saviour. Amen. 


HyMN 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HYMN 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Eleventh Sunday—Morning Worship — 


OPENING SENTENCES: 

God, having of old time spoken unto the 
fathers in the prophets, by divers portions and 
in divers manners, hath at the end of these days 
spoken unto us in his Son. 

The times of ignorance, God overlooked; but 
now he commandeth men that they should all 
everywhere repent; inasmuch as he hath ap- 
pointed a day in which he will judge the world 
in righteousness. 

For we shall all stand before the judgment 
seat of God. 


INVOCATION: 


O God, our most worthy Judge Eternal, who 
hast taught us to come with boldness unto thy 
throne, we are met together to claim thy prom- 
ises of mercy. We come full of the stains of 
sin to be cleansed; weak in faith we come to be 
made strong and constant; faltering and timid 
in our effort toward righteousness, we come to be 
inspired to higher levels of character and con- 
duct. Thou art he who givest repentance when 
men have sinned. Search us, O God, and know 
our hearts; try us, and know our thoughts; and 
see if there be any wicked way in us; and lead 
us in the way everlasting, pen Jesus Christ, 
the Living Way. 

Our Father, ete. 


HymMn 
RESPONSIVE REeapING—GLoRIA PATRI 


CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
54 





Eleventh Sundap—Morning Worship 55 





ScRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Give, and it shall be given unto you; good 
measure, pressed down, shaken together, running 
over, shall they give into your bosom, For with 
what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to 
you again. 

7 The Prayer: 

We thank thee, Lord, for the promises of good 
thou hast made to those who devote their sub- 
stance to thy glory and human welfare. We 
thank thee that thy great law of compensation 
works on their behalf. But may this oblation 
of ours not be brought with any hope of re- 
ward, for we deserve none, but only for love of 
thee and thy Son, our Savior. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Eleventh Sundayp—Evening Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Behold, he that keepeth Israel will neither 
slumber nor sleep. 

I am the light of the world, saith the Lord; 
he that followeth me shall not walk in the 
darkness, but shall have the light of life. 

And this is the judgment, that the light is 
come into the world, and men loved the darkness 
rather than the light. 


INVOCATION: 


O Lord our God, who hast called us out of 
darkness into thy marvellous light, and now hast 
once more assembled us to lift up our hands 
unto thee, and to praise thy past judgments; 
accept our prayers and supplications, and give 
us the faith that maketh not ashamed, a con- 
fident hope, and a love unfeigned; bless our 
coming-in and going-out, our thoughts, words 
and works; and let us end this day as it began, 
with the praise of the unspeakable sweetness of 
thy mercy. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMN or Hymns 

RESPONSIVE ReapING—Guoria Patri 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 


a EEE EIS nEI SIE enna 


Eleventh Sundap—€Ebening Worship 57 





ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


He that is faithful in a very little is faithful 
also in much: and he that is unrighteous in a 
very little is unrighteous also in much. If there- 
fore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous 
mammon, who will commit to your trust the 
true riches? And if ye have not been faithful 
in that which is another’s, who will give you 
that which is your own? 


The Prayer: 


O God, may thy divine Spirit within us, move 
us to such fidelity in the small things where- 
with we have been entrusted, that at last we 
may be found worthy to inherit our own true 
riches in Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HYMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
your spirit, brethren. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Twelfth Sundayp—Morning Worship 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


Every one that keepeth the sabbath from 
profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant; 
even them will I bring to my holy mountain, 
and make joyful in my house of prayer. 

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us 
go into the house of Jehovah. Jehovah is in 
his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence 
before him. 

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O 
Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer 
unto thee, and will look up. 


INVOCATION: 


In confidence of thy goodness and great 
mercy, O Lord, we draw near unto thee, at this 
hour of prayer, as sick persons to the Healer, 
as the hungry and thirsty to the Fountain of 
Life, as creatures to the Creator, as desolate 
souls to our own tender Comforter. Behold, in 
thee is all we can or ought to desire. Thou art 
our Salvation and our Redemption, our Hope 
and our Strength. Rejoice therefore this day 
the souls of thy servants; for unto thee do we 
lift up our souls, saying, 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMNn 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: For the Kingdom 
ScrieTuRE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
58 





Twelfth Sundayp—Morning Worship 59 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


The ministration of this service not only 
filleth up the measure of the wants of the saints, 
but aboundeth also through many thanksgivings 
unto God. 

The Prayer: 


Remembering, O Lord, that so many of thy 
gifts have come to us through the channels of 
human society, we would make our return to 
thee through the same channels, giving thanks 
to thee through the thanks of humanity, which 
thou hast made thine agent both in giving and 
receiving. As others have toiled that we might 
have what we need, we beseech thee that our 
abundance may fill up the wants of others. 
May our ministration of this service bring help 
and inspiration and betterment and blessing to 
men, and abound through many thanksgivings 
unto God. Amen. 


HYMN 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMNn 

BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Twelfth Sundayp—Evening Worship 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


O Jehovah, thou hast searched me and known 
me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine 
uprising; thou understandest my thought afar 
off. | 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall overwhelm 
me, and the light about me shall be night; even 
the darkness hideth not from thee, but the night 
shineth as the day: the darkness and the light 
are both alike to thee. 

Let the words of my mouth and the medi- 
tations of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, 
O Jehovah, my Rock and my Redeemer. 


INVOCATION: 


Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, 
all desires known, and from whom no secrets are 
hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts, by the 
inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may per- 
fectly love thee, and truly worship thee, and 
worthily magnify thy holy name, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMn or Hymns 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PatRI 
ScrRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 


PASTORAL PRAYER 





Twelfth Sunday—Evening Worship 61 





ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto 
you, even so do ye also unto them: for this is 
the law and the prophets. 


The Prayer: 


O God, who hast set thy servants in the world 
to continue among the sons of men the blessed 
ministry of our Savior Jesus Christ: be pleased 
to hear our earnest prayers for the great causes 
these offerings are designed to promote. May 
the proclamation of the Gospel everywhere 
prosper. May men turn from idols to serve the 
living and true God. May thy Kingdom of 
righteousness and brotherhood be more _per- 
fectly established. May the whole earth be 
filled with thy glory. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Thirteenth Sundap—Morning Worship 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Praise ye Jehovah: for it is a good thing to 
sing praises unto our God: for it is pleasant, and 
praise is comely. Jehovah doth build up Jeru- 
salem; he gathereth together the outcasts of 
Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and 
bindeth up their wounds. 

In everything by prayer and supplication, 
with thanksgiving, let your requests be made 
known unto God. ' 

When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any one: that your Father also 
who is in heaven, may forgive you your tres- 
passes. 


INVOCATION: 


Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this 
time with one accord to make our common sup- 
plications unto thee; and dost promise that 
where two or three are gathered together in thy 
name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfill now, 
O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants 
as may be most expedient for them; granting us 
in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the 
world to come, life everlasting. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMNn 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 
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PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that 
he himself said, It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. 

The Prayer: 


We do not bring this oblation because thou, 
O God, art to be persuaded with gifts, like an 
earthly monarch; nor because thou dost stand 
in need of our gifts. Every beast of the forest 
is thine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 
The world is thine, and the fullness thereof. It 
is we that need to give, in order that our lives 
may not become enclosed within the narrow 
bounds of selfishness. We would have our pov- 
erty enriched by the blessedness of generosity. 
May this part of our morning worship redound 
to thy glory and to our spiritual health and en- 
largement, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


HyMN 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HYMN 

BENEDICTION: 


The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord 
make his face to shine upon you and be gracious 
unto you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
you and give you peace. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Thirteenth Sunday—Evening Worship 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life, 
saith the Lord; no man cometh unto the Father 
but by me. All that which the Father giveth 
me shall come unto me; and him that cometh to 
me I will in no wise cast out. 

Let us search and try our ways, and turn 
again to Jehovah. Let us lift up our hearts with 
our hands unto God in the heavens. 

Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto 
the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, 
and may find grace to help us in time of need. 


INVOCATION: 


O Lord, lift up thy face upon us and bless us as 
we gather in thy house again at eventide, after 
the anxieties, the distractions and the discords, 
the hopes and the longings and the prayers of 
another day and another week. Be pleased to 
speak some word of comfort to us if we are 
depressed; some word of cheer if we are afraid; 
some word of rebuke if we have been living 
below our possibilities; some word of forgive- 
ness if we are penitent. And hear us as we unite 
our petitions in the prayer of the ages saying, 

Our Father, etc. 


HymMn or HYMNS 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 


ANTHEM 


Thirteenth Sundayp—€Ebening Worship 65 


PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 

The Sentence: 


Let your light so shine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your 
Father who is in heaven. 


The Prayer: 


Lord, who art thyself the Giver of every good 
and perfect gift, teach us also how to give. May 
these our offerings be prompted by cheerful grat- 
itude and love, and may they be administered 
with wisdom and fidelity. May thy Name be 
praised in all the earth! May. thy Kingdom 
come! Amen. 


HYMN 
SpRMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Orders of Worship for Special Occasions 


Good Friday Herbice 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him 
should not perish, but have eternal life. 

He was wounded for our transgression, he was 
bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of 
our peace was upon him; and with his stripes 
we are healed. 

You, being in time past alienated and enemies 
in your mind in your evil works, yet now hath 
he reconciled in the body of his flesh through 
death, to present you holy and without blemish 
and unreprovable, before him. 

Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of Man, 
and drink his blood, ye have not life in your- 
selves. 


INVOCATION: 


We lift up our souls and all that is within us, 
to laud thy holy name, O Jehovah; for thou 
art he who forgivest all our iniquities, and 
healest all our diseases, who redeemest our life 
from destruction, who crownest us with loving- 
kindness and tender mercies. Look favorably 
upon thy people assembled in thy sanctuary this 
day. May our restless and unquiet hearts be 
stilled with a great humility and a great peace, 
as we look upon the holy passion of the Lord 
our Redeemer, who his own self bear our sins 

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in his body upon the tree, that we, having died 
unto sin, might live unto righteousness. 

Our Father, ete. 
HYMN 
RESPONSIVE READING—GLOoRIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER: General Confession 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 
ANTHEM 
PASTORAL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 

The Sentence: 


Ye are not your own; for ye were bought with 
a price. 

The Prayer: 

O Lord, who didst give thy life for our ran- 
som, grant that we, who can never repay thee 
all that debt, may yet give thee thy due of love, 
and hold ourselves and ours consecrate to thy 
great cause, even the redemption of mankind. 
Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 


{| For the Sermon Prayer, the second of the “Eucharistic 
Prayers” provided in this book may appropriately 
be used, omitting the words “as in this Memorial” 


HYMN 
BENEDICTION: 


Now unto him that loveth us, and loosed us 
from our sins by his blood, and made us to be 


68 Good Friday Herbice 


a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and 
Father; to him be the glory and the dominion 
for ever and ever. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
your spirit, brethren. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Easter Service 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


Now hath Christ been raised from the dead, 
the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 

O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where 
is thy victory? Thanks be to God, who giveth 
us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished death, 
and brought life and immortality to light 
through the gospel. 


INVOCATION: 


O victorious Lord, bless the worship of this 
holy day. Grant that by it we may be brought 
to stand with the first disciples beside the empty 
tomb. At other times, we have heard thee 
preaching the good tidings of the Kingdom; we 
have watched thy healing hand as it touched 
the sick and the sinful with redeeming power; 
we have stood in the darkness trembling at the 
foot of thy Cross. O may we know thee to-day 
in the power of the Resurrection, the triumphant 
Lord and Savior of all, and praise thee for thy 
glorious majesty and thy boundless mercy. 

Our Father, etc. 





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HyMN 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CoNGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
ScripTuRE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Charge them that are rich in this present 
world, that they do good, that they be rich in 
good works, that they be ready to distribute, 
laying up in store for themselves a good foun- 
dation against the time to come, that they may 
lay hold on the life which is life indeed. 


The Prayer: 


As Joseph of Arimathea, looking for the 
Kingdom of God, offered his own tomb to re- 
ceive the body of the Lord; as the holy women 
came early in the morning with their gift of 
spices and the loving ministry of their hands; 
so would we, our Father, devote our best to the 
honor of our Living Lord, remembering that he 
died and rose again that we who live should 
no longer live unto ourselves alone, but unto 
him who for our sakes died and rose again. 
Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 





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HyMn 
BENEDICTION: 


Now the God of peace, who brought again 
from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep, 
with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our 
Lord Jesus, make you perfect in every good 
thing to do his will, working in you that which 
is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus 
Christ; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. 
Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Harbest Home Service 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all 
the peoples praise thee. The earth hath yielded 
its increase: God, even our own God, will bless 
us. God will bless us; and all the ends of the 
earth shall fear him. 


INVOCATION: 


Be pleased, O Lord, to meet us as we gather 
together to praise thee for the ingathered har- 
vest, and to return to thee, through thy little 
ones, something of that which thou so bounti- 
fully hast given unto us. May there be nothing 
in our hearts or lives which would make our 
praise insincere or our offerings unacceptable in 
thy sight, as we call upon our souls and all that 
is within us to laud and magnify thy Holy 
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the prayer which the Lord of the Harvest hath 
taught us, saying, 

Our Father, ete. 
HYMN 
Responsive Reaprnc—Gtoria Patri 
ConGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
Scrrpture Lesson 
ANTHEM 
PastoraL PRAYER 
ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OFFERTORY: 

The Sentence: 

Blessed is he that considereth the poor: 

Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil. He 


that hath pity on the poor lendeth unto Je- 
hovah, and his good deed will he pay him again. 
The Prayer: 

O Lord, who hast ever provided for our needs, 
so that thou crownest the year with thy good- 
ness and thy paths drop fatness: grant that we 
who live on thy bounty may not, now or at 
any time, be thoughtless of those who have re- 
ceived less than we. May our abundance be a 
supply for their want, that there may be equal- 
ity ; as it is written, He that gathered much hath 
nothing over; and he that eathered little had no 
lack. Amen. 


aie. Harbhest Home Herbice 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord 
make his face to shine upon you and be gracious 
unto you: the Lord lift up his countenance upon 
you and give you peace. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Christmas Hervice 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is 
given; and the government shall be upon his 
shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonder- 
ful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, 
Prince of Peace. 

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for 
he hath visited and wrought redemption for his 
people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation 
for us in the house of his servant David. 

There is born to you this day in the city of, 
David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word 
was with God, and the Word was God. 7: 
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among 

us... full of grace and truth. 


INVOCATION: 


O God on High, we gather this day in the 
name of the little Christ of Bethlehem; to join 





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with the angels in singing his praises; to come 
with the Magi, offering our several gifts and 
doing homage to the Infant Majesty; to medi- 
tate with Mary, pondering in our hearts the 
mystery of the Godhead Incarnate; and with 
the shepherds of the field to welcome the glad 
tidings of imperishable salvation. Fill our wor- 
shipping hearts with peace. Open them out in 
good-will to all men. And may heart and mind 
and soul accord with voice and tongue, as we 
ascribe glory to thee in the highest, before all 
time and now, and for evermore; and utter the 
petition which hath been taught us, saying, 
Our Father, etc. 


HYMN 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: General Thanksgiving 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift! 
The Prayer: 


As with gladness men of old came to the house 
where the young child lay, and fell down and 
worshipped him, opening their treasures and 


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offering unto him gifts; so also would we wor- 
ship to-day, bringing to thy service the gold of 
our earthly wealth, the frankincense of honest 
praise, the myrrh of heartfelt love, adoring with 
all our being the Incarnate Lord. Amen. 


Hymn 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMn 

BENEDICTION: 


Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God 
our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal 
comfort and good hope by the Spirit of erace, 
comfort your hearts and establish them in every 
good work and word. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Missionary Service 
OPENING SENTENCES: 


There is a river, the streams whereof shall 
make glad the city of God. And it shall come 
to pass in that day that living waters shall 20 
out from Jerusalem, half of them toward the 
eastern sea, and half of them toward the western 
sea. 

All the ends of the earth shall remember and 
turn unto Jehovah. 

Other sheep I have, saith the Lord, which are 
not of this fold: them also I must bring, and 
they shall hear my voice; and they shall become 
one flock, one shepherd. 


Missionary Service i> 


After these things I saw, and behold a great 
multitude, which no man could number, out of 
every nation and of all tribes and peoples and 
tongues, standing before the throne and before 
the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms 
in their hands; and they cry with a great voice, 
saying, Salvation unto our God who sitteth on 
the throne, and unto the Lamb. 


INVOCATION: 


O. Thou who didst make of one every nation 
on all the face of the earth, with whom there 
is no distinction between Greek and Jew, bar- 
barian, Scythian, bondman or freeman: be 
pleased, we beseech thee, to give ear to our 
prayers, and to open the eyes of our under- 
standing to all the wonders thou art doing 
among the sons of men, making thy way known 
upon earth, thy saving health among all people. 
And may the grace of thy Spirit prevail upon 
us to labor for the fulfilment of the holy prayer 
which we offer when we say, 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMN 

Responsive ReapDING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
ScripTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 





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OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou 
shalt find it after many days. 


The Prayer: 


We yield thee thanks for the faithful men and 
women whose personal labor in carrying the 
Gospel to dark places makes these gifts of ours 
fruitful. May we and they and thy whole 
Church verily serve thee, O Christ, as thy body, 
the fullness of him who filleth all in all. Amen. 


HyMNn 

SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 

BENEDICTION: * 


Now unto him that is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that worketh in us, 
unto him be the glory in the church and in 
Christ Jesus, unto all generations, for ever and 
ever. 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
your spirit, brethren. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Social Welfare Serbice 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy 


Social Welfare Serbice 77 


strength, and with all thy mind: and thy neigh- 
bor as thyself. 

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his 
brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his 
brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God 
whom he hath not seen. And this command- 
ment have we from him, that he who loveth 
God, love his brother also. 

I am debtor to:Greeks and to Barbarians, both 
to the wise and to the foolish. 

God standeth in the congregation of God; he 
judgeth among the gods. How long will ye 
judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the 
wicked? Judge the poor and fatherless: do Jus- 
tice to the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the 
poor and needy: deliver them out of the hand 
of the wicked. 

And the King shall answer and say unto them, 
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it 
unto one of these my brethren, even these least, 
ye did it unto me. 


INVOCATION: 


O God on high, who art the common Father 
of all men: so direct our thoughts in this hour 
by thy Spirit, that we thy children may enter 
into the mind of Christ and think his thoughts, 
looking upon all mankind as our brethren and 
his, loving his manifestation and manifesting 
his love, and ever remembering that he hath sent 
us into the world as thou didst send him, to seek 
and to save that which is lost. 

Our Father, ete. 


HYMN 





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RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA Patri 
CONGREGATIONAL PrayErR: For the Kingdom 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Whoso hath this world’s goods, and beholdeth 
his brother in need, and shutteth up his com- 
passion from him, how dwelleth the Bae of God 
in him? 


The Prayer: 


Lord, who with thy liberal and bountiful hand 
providest enough for all mankind, whose gifts 
are by goodness and free favor made common 
to all men, while we by our covetousness and 
distrust have made them private and peculiar; 
correct thou the thing which our iniquity hath 
put out of order, and let thy goodness supply 
that which our niggardliness hath plucked away. 
O Fountain of all good things, wash thou away 
these so sundry, so manifold, and so great 
miseries, with one drop of the water of thy 
mercy, for the sake of Jesus Christ, thine only 
Son our Lord. Aznen. 


HyMN 


SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 


Social Welfare Serbice 79 


HYMN 


BENEDICTION: 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy 
Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Patriotic Serbice 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


O clap your hands all ye peoples: shout unto 
God with the voice of triumph. For Jehovah 
Most High is terrible; he is a great King over 
all the earth. 

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, 
the people whom he hath chosen for his own 
inheritance. | 

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear 
him, that glory may dwell in our land. 

Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a 
reproach to any people. 

Of a truth . . . God is no respecter of per- 
sons; but in every nation he that feareth him 
and worketh righteousness, is acceptable to him. 


INVOCATION: 


Almighty God, who art the Ruler of the whole 
earth, King of kings and Lord of lords; in 
whose sight the nations are as a drop of a 
bucket, and are accounted as the small dust 
of the balance; who takest up the isles as a very 
little thing; before whom all nations are as 


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nothing: be pleased, we beseech thee, to accept 
the humble worship which now we offer, and 
to receive with favor our supplications for the 
Republic of which we are citizens, for ourselves, 
and for all the dwellers upon earth, our brothers; 
in the name of Jesus Christ thy Son. 

Our Father, etc. 


HyMN 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PATRI 
CONGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
SCRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 
The earth is Jehovah’s and the fullness 
thereof; the world and they that dwell therein. 
The Prayer: 


Reverently thanking thee for the temporal 
prosperity which we and all the people of this 
nation do enjoy, we bring this offering for thy 
service, in the name of thy son, Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen. 


HymMn 


SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 





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HymMn 


BENEDICTION: 


Now unto the blessed and only Potentate, the 
King of kings and Lord of lords; who only hath 
immortality, dwelling in light unapproachable; 
whom no man hath seen nor can see; to him be 
honor and power, eternal. And the blessing of 
God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Spirit, be amongst you, and remain with 
you, always. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


Denominational or Church Cccasion 


OPENING SENTENCES: 


Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God 
hath shined forth. 

I was glad when they said unto me, Let us 
go unto the house of Jehovah. Our feet are 
standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem, Jeru- 
salem that art builded as a city that is compact 
together; whither the tribes go up, to give 
thanks unto the name of Jehovah. 

Thus saith Jehovah: I am returned unto Zion, 
and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and 
Jerusalem shall be called the City of Truth. 

The God of our Lord Jesus Christ hath put 
all things in subjection under his feet, and gave 
him to be head over all things to the church, 
which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth 
all in all. 

The Lord is gracious, unto whom coming ye 





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also as living stones, are built up a spiritual 
house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiri- 
tual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus. 
Behold how good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity! 
We who are many are one bread, one body: 
for we all partake of the one bread. 


INVOCATION: 


O God, who hast constituted all believers to 
be an holy priesthood unto thee: grant us the 
aid of thy Spirit as we offer prayer this day for 
thy Church in this place and throughout the 
world: that thou wouldest be pleased to fill it 
with all truth in all peace. Where it is corrupt, 
purify it; where it is in error, direct 1t; where in 
anything it is amiss, reform it; where it is right, 
strengthen and confirm it; where it is divided, 
heal and unite it; and make it truly the very 
body of him who died and rose again and for- 
ever maketh intercession for it, Jesus Christ, thy 
Son our Lord. 

Our Father, etc. 


HYMN 

RESPONSIVE READING—GLORIA PaTRI 
CoNGREGATIONAL Prayer: For the Kingdom 
ScrRIPTURE LESSON 

ANTHEM 

PASTORAL PRAYER 


ANNOUNCEMENTS 


Denominational Serbice 83 


OFFERTORY: 
The Sentence: 


Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his 
name: bring an offering and come into his 
courts. 

The Prayer: 


O God, who hast strengthened the gates of 
Zion, and blessed her children within her; ac- 
cept, we pray thee, these tributes of our love 
and longing for the things which are dear to 
thee. Help us always to see that giving doth 
not impoverish nor withholding enrich us. While 
we handle the things that perish, may we gladly 
count all things to be loss for the excellency 
of the knowledge of Jesus Christ, and delight 
to publish thy name, and to build up and 
strengthen thy Kingdom everywhere among 
those for whom our Savior died. Amen. 


HyMN 
SERMON—SERMON PRAYER 
HyMN 


BENEDICTION: 


Now unto him that is able to do exceeding 
abundantly above all that we ask or think, 
according to the power that worketh in us, unto 
him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus, 
unto all generations, for ever and ever. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with 
your spirit, brethren. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


ee ee = 


An Order for the Administration of 
Baptism 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


{In making previous announcement that this service 
is to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
following 

Our Lord Jesus Christ saith, Go ye, and 
make disciples of all nations, baptizing 
them into the name of the Father and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 


INVOCATION 
{ The Minister, having entered the water, and facing 
the Congregation, may appropriately open the Bap- 
tismal Service with this Invocation 
In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


ScrIPTURE LESSON 
§ One or more of the following passages should be read 
Mark 1:2, 4, 5, 9-11 
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Be- 
hold I send my messenger before thy face, 
_ John came, who baptized in the wil- 
derness and preached the baptism of repent- 
ance unto remission of sins. And there went 
out unto him all the country of Judea and 
all they of Jerusalem; and they were bap- 
tized of him in the river Jordan, confessing 
their sins. And it came to pass in those 
days that Jesus came from Nazareth of 
Galilee, and was baptized of John in the 
Jordan. And straightway coming up out 
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Baptismal Serbice 8 


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of the water, he saw the heavens rent asun- 
der, and the Spirit as a dove descending 
upon him: and a voice came out of the 
heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee 
I am well pleased. 


Matthew 3:13-17 


Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the 
Jordan unto John to be baptized of him. 
But John would have hindered him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee, and 
comest thou to me? But Jesus answering 
said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it 
becometh us to fulfil all mghteousness. 
Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when 
he was baptized, went up straightway from 
the water: and lo, the heavens were opened 
unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God 
descending as a dove, and coming upon 
him; and lo, a voice out of the heavens, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom 
I am well pleased. 


John 3:22, 23 


After these things came Jesus and his 
disciples unto the land of Judea; and there 
he tarried with them and baptized. And 
John also was baptizing in Enon, near to 
Salim, because there was much water there: 
and they came, and were baptized. 


Acts 8:35-38 (inc. marg.) 


_And Philip opened his mouth, and _be- 
ginning from this Scripture, preached unto 


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him Jesus. And as they went on the 
way, they came unto a certain water; and 
the eunuch saith, Behold, here is water; 
what doth hinder me to be baptized? And 
Philip said, If thou believest with all thy 
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and 
said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son 
of God. And he commanded the chariot to 
stand still: and they both went down into 
the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and 
he baptized him. 


Romans 6:3-11 


Or are ye ignorant that all we who were 
baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into 
his death? We were buried therefore with 
him through baptism into death: that like 
as Christ was raised from the dead through 
the glory of the Father, so we also might 
walk in newness of life. For if we have 
become united with him in the likeness of 
his death, we shall be also in the likeness of 
his resurrection; knowing this, that our old 
man was crucified with him, that the body of 
sin might be done away, that so we should 
no longer be in bondage to sin; for he that 
hath died is justified from sin. But if we 
died with Christ, we believe that we shall 
also live with him; knowing that Christ 
being raised from the dead dieth no more; 
death no more hath dominion over him. 
For the death that he died, he died unto 
sin once: but the life that he liveth, he 
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yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive 
unto God in Christ Jesus. 


Galatians 3:26-28 


For ye are all sons of God, through faith, 
in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as 
were baptized into Christ, did put on Christ. 
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there 
can be neither bond nor free, there can be 
no male and female; for ye are all one in 
Christ Jesus. 


Acts 2:38, 39 


Repent ye, and be baptized every one of 
you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the 
remission of your sins; and ye shall receive 
the gift of the Holy Spirit. For to you is 
the promise, and to your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord 
our God shall call unto him. 


I Peter 3:20-22 


The longsuffering of God waited in the 
days of Noah, while the ark was preparing, 
wherein few, that is eight souls, were saved 
through water: which also after a true like- 
ness, doth now save you, even baptism, not 
the putting away of the filth of the flesh, 
but the interrogation of a good conscience 
toward God, through the resurrection of 
Jesus Christ; who is on the right hand of 
God, having gone into heaven; angels and 
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Tuer BAPTISMAL PRAYER 


| The Minister may then offer prayer for the person or 


persons to be baptized, as follows 


O God, who by thy Spirit hast moved the 
heart of this our brother to renounce the 
life of this world and cleave unto thy Son 
Jesus Christ; grant, we beseech thee, that 
henceforth his life may be full of the riches 
of thy grace. Give him continual repent- 
ance for his sin, and that forgiveness which 
thou dost so gladly offer to mankind at 
such cost to thyself. When he shall be 
tempted, be thou near and endue him with 
thy strength and righteousness. Lift the 
glorious ideal of thy Kingdom before his 
eyes, and lead him to consecrate himself 
to its achievement. May he be a faith- 
ful witness [or faithful witnesses] for thee 
among the children of men. And may 
he ever grow more and more in the knowl- — 
edge and understanding of Jesus Christ his 
Lord, so that he may know what is the 
hope of his calling and the riches of the 
glory of his inheritance in Christ Jesus. 
Send out thy light and thy truth that they 
may lead him through all the dark places 
of this life, until he come in sight of the 
shining lights of his eternal home. And 
when the journey is over, the course is 
finished, and the fight is fought, receive 
thou him with the crown of-victory and the 
welcome of eternal love. 

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seech thee, the lesson of this holy symbol 
of baptism, whereby we declare our un- 
breakable union with Him who died for all, 
that we who live should no longer live unto 
ourselves, but unto Him who for our sakes 
died and rose again, even Jesus Christ, our 
Savior. Amen. 


Tue Baptism 


q At this point let the candidate enter the water. and be 
received by the Minster. If there be a number of 
candidates to be baptized, the customary order 1s, 
that the younger shall precede the older, and 
women shall precede men. When the candidate has 
gone down into the water the Minister shall ask for 
his profession of faith 

Minister: My brother N., dost thou be- 
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ? 

Candidate: I do. 

Minister: On this confession of thy faith, 
I baptize thee in the name of the Father, 
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. 
Amen. 


q Let the Minister then baptize the candidate. As he 
raises the baptized out of the water, let him say 
these words of blessing, in such a manner as to be 
audible to the baptized person only 

The Lord bless thee and keep thee; 

The Lord make his face to shine upon 
thee, and be gracious unto thee; 

The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
thee and give thee peace. 


{ When all the candidates have been baptized, and have 
left the place of baptism, let the Minister lift his 
right hand toward heaven, saying 


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Lord, what thou didst command is done; 
and yet there is room! 


PRAYER 


| Before leaving the baptistry, the Minister may suit- 


ably offer the following prayer for st and those 
present 

Grant, O Lord, that as we are baptized 
into the death of thy blessed Son our Savior 
Jesus Christ, so by continual mortifying 
our corrupt affections we may be buried 
with him; and that through the grave, and 
gate of death, we may pass to our joyful 
resurrection; for his merits, who died, and 
was buried, and rose again, for us, Thy Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


BENEDICTION 


(lf the service is to conclude at this point, this Bene- 


diction may appropriately be used 


Now the God of peace, who brought again 
from the dead the great Shepherd of the 
sheep, with the blood of an eternal cove- 
nant, even our Lord Jesus, make you per- 
fect in every good thing to do his will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing 
in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom 
be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


An Order for the Administration of the 
Lord’s Supper 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


{In making previous announcement that this service ts 
to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
following 

The Scripture saith, Let a man prove 
himself, and so let him eat of the bread and 
drink of the cup. 


INVOCATION 


1 To be said by the Minister 


In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


OPENING SENTENCES 


{] Let several of these sentences of Scripture be read, to 
bring those present into fit frame of mind to receive 
the Communion 


Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; 
call ye upon him while he is near: let the 
wicked forsake his way, and the unright- 
eous man his thoughts; and let him return 
unto Jehovah, for he will have mercy upon 
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 
nor rewarded us after our iniquities. For 
as the heavens are high above the earth, 
so great is his lovingkindness toward them 

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that fear him. As far as the east is from 
the west, so far hath he removed our trans- 
eressions from us. 

For this God is our God for ever hag 
ever: he will be our guide even unto death. 

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. And 
he that heareth, let him say, Come. And 
he that is athirst, let him come: he that 
will, let him take the water of life freely. 

Work not for the food which perisheth, 
but for the food which abideth unto eternal 
life, which the Son of Man shall give unto 
you: for him the Father, even God, hath 
sealed. 

The bread of God is that which cometh 
down out of heaven, and giveth life unto 
the world. 

Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of 
life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, 
and he that believeth on me shall never 
thirst. 

Verily, verily I say unto you, Except ye 
eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink 
his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. 


The Spirit himself beareth witness with 
our spirit, that we are children of God. 

He that spared not his own Son, but de- 
livered him up for us all, how shall he not 
with him freely give us all things. 

I am persuaded that neither death nor 
life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things 
present nor things to come, nor powers, nor 
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shall be able to separate us from the love 
of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: 
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou 
wilt not despise. 

Searcely for a righteous man will one die: 
for peradventure for the good man, some 
one would even dare to die. But God com- 
-mendeth his own love toward us, in that 
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 


Repent ye, for the Kingdom of heaven 
is at hand. 

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive 
ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but 
if we confess our sins, he is faithful and 
righteous to forgive us our sins and to 
cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

I know my transgressions; and my sin is 
ever before me. Against thee, thee only, 
have I sinned, and done that which is evil 
in thy sight. 

I will arise and go to my Father, and will 
say unto him, Father, I have sinned against 
heaven and in thy sight: I am no more 
worthy to be called thy son. 


Come unto me all ye that labor and are 
heavy laden, saith the Lord, and I will give 
you rest. 

God so loved the world, that he gave his 
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth 
on him should not perish, but have eternal 
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with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; 
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and 
not for ours only, but also for the whole 
world. 

O taste and see that Jehovah is good; 
blessed is the man that taketh refuge in 
him. ni 


Our Passover hath been sacrificed for us, 
even Christ. Wherefore let us keep the 
feast, not with old leaven, neither with the 
leaven of malice and wickedness, but with 
the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

This is my commandment, that ye love 
one another, even as I have loved you. 

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at 
the altar, and there rememberest that thy 
brother hath aught against thee, leave there 
thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; 
first be reconciled to thy brother, and then 
come and offer thy gift. 

Beloved, let us love one another: for love 
is of God, and every one that loveth is’ 
begotten of God, and knoweth God. He 
that loveth not, knoweth not God: for God 
is love. 

No longer do I call you servants; for the 
servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: 
but I have called you friends; for all things 
that I have heard from the Father, I have 
made known unto you. 


Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for 
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He that dwelleth in the secret place of 
the Most High, shall abide under the 
shadow of the Almighty. 

Blessed are they that are perfect in the 
Way; who walk in the law of Jehovah. 

Wherefore do ye spend money for that 
which is not bread, and your labor for that 
which satisfieth not? 

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to 
the waters, and he that hath no money; 
come ye, buy and eat; ye, come, buy wine 
and milk without money and without price. 

And a highway shall be there, and a way, 
and it shall be called The Way of Holiness; 
the unclean shall not pass over it, but it 
shall be for the redeemed: the wayfaring 
men, yea, fools, shall not err therein. 


Jehovah, who shall sojourn in thy Taber- 
nacle? Who shall dwell in thy holy hill? 
He that walketh uprightly and worketh 
righteousness, and speaketh truth in his 
heart. 

For there is one God, one Mediator also 
between God and man, himself man, Christ 
Jesus, who gave himself a ransom for all. 

I am the Way, and the Truth, and the 
Life; no one cometh unto the Father, but 
by me. 

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, 
and bow myself before the high God? . . . 
He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; 
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to do justly, and to love kindness, and to 
walk humbly with thy God. 

Whosoever would be first among you 
shall be your servant: even as the Son of 
Man came not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. 


Behold I stand at the door and knock, 
saith the Lord: if any man hear my voice 
and open the door, I will come in to 
him, and will sup with him, and he with 
me. 

The love of Christ constraineth us; be- 
cause we thus judge; that one died for all, 
therefore all died; and he died for all, that 
they that live should no longer live unto 
themselves alone, but unto him who for 
their sakes died and rose again. 

He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he 
will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry 
them in his bosom. 

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and car-' 
ried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him 
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But 
he was wounded for our transgressions, he 
was bruised for our iniquities; the chastise- 
ment of our peace was upon him; and with 
his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep 
have gone astray; we have turned every 
one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid 
on him the iniquity of us all. 


Abide in me, and I in you, saith the Lord. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 


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except it abide in the vine, no more can ye, 
except ye abide in me. I am the vine; ye 
are the branches. He that abideth in me 
the same beareth much fruit: for without 
me, ye can do nothing. 

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my 
blood, hath eternal life and I will raise him 
up at the last day. For my flesh is meat 
indeed and my blood is drink indeed. He 
that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, 
abideth in me and I in him. As the living 
Father sent me, and I live because of the 
Father: so he that eateth me, he also shall 
live, because of me. 

If we say that we have fellowship with 
him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do 
not the truth: but if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, we have fellowship one 
with another, and the blood of Jesus his 
Son, cleanseth us from all sin. 

Our fellowship is with the Father and 
with his Son, Jesus Christ. 

But let a man prove himself, and so let 
him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 


PRAYER 


{ The Minister may then offer prayer, either extempore, 
or by the use of this prayer, or by the use of one of 
the Eucharistic Prayers of this book 

O God, who by the blood of thy dear Son 
hast consecrated for us a new and living 
way into the holiest of all; cleanse our 
minds, we beseech thee, by the inspiration 
of thy Holy Spirit, that drawing near 


EERE ae 


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UE EEEEREE 


unto thee with a pure heart and undefiled 
conscience, we may receive these thy gifts 
without sin, and worthily magnify thy 
holy name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. | 


RECEPTION OF New MEMBERS 


G Any who have become members of the Church since 
the last Communion may be given the Right Hand 
of Fellowship at this time, and announcement 
should be made of any members who have died 


HyMN 


Tue BREAKING OF BREAD 


{ Here let the Minister break some of the bread before 
him, saying at the same time these Words of Insti- 
tution 


The Lord Jesus, in the night in which he 
was betrayed, took bread and blessed it. 
And when he had given thanks, he brake 
it, and said, This is my body, which is given 
for you. This do in remembrance of me., 


§ Then let the Minister give of the bread to the Dea- 
cons, or other assistants, who shall distribute to the 
people. When they have returned to the table, let 
the Minister, in similar manner, serve the Deacons; 
after which let the Senior Deacon serve the Minis- 
ter: the officers of the Church being thus served 
last, in token that they are the servants of the 
Church. But let none of those present eat of the 
bread until all have been served, that all may par- 
take of the Communion together. After the par- 
taking of the bread, let there be a season of silence, 
for prayer and meditation. Then let the Minister 
pb chges the Breaking of the Bread with these 
words 





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The bread which we break, is it not a 
communion of the body of Christ, seeing 
that we who are many are one bread, one 
body, for we all partake of the one bread? 


Tue GIVING OF THE Cup 


| After a pause, let the Minister distribute the wine to 
the Deacons, while he repeats these Words of Instt- 
tution 
And in like manner after supper he took 
a cup, and gave thanks and gave to them 
saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my 
blood of the covenant, which is poured out 
for many unto remission of sins. This do 
in remembrance of me. 


| Let the Wine be distributed in the same manner as 
the Bread; and let the Minister conclude the 
Giving of the Cup with these words 


As often as ye eat this bread and drink 
this cup, ye proclaim the Lord’s death—till 
he come. 

PRAYER 


{| Here let prayer be offered, either extempore, or by the 
use of one of the Eucharistic Prayers in this book 


OFFERING 
{| Let the Alms for the relief of the Poor be taken 
DoxoLocy 


{| The Congregation standing 


Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; 
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Praise Him above ye heavenly host: 
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. 


DISMISSAL 


] The Minister may then dismiss the assembly with the 
words of the Gospel 
And when they had sung an hymn, they 
went out. 


Eucharistic Prayers 


1 


O God our Father, we give thee hearty thanks 
for this most blessed Communion of which thou 
dost make us partakers. We again dedicate 
ourselves to thy service, in body and soul and 
spirit. Make thy grace always sufficient for us. 
Perfect thy strength in our weakness. Succor 
us amid the manifold temptations and sorrows 
of our lives. Give us power to endure unto the 
end as good soldiers of Jesus Christ. Let the 
light of thy countenance be upon us now and 
evermore. 

Regard in thy great mercy, O Lord, all those 
with whom we are this day one in the body of 
Christ, the multitudes of every name who are 
joined with us in one household of faith and 
love, our brethren and sisters in Christ through- 
out the world. 

And mindful this day of the communion of 
saints, we bless thy Holy Name for all thy 
servants who have departed in the faith [espe- 
cially those now present in our remembrance] ; 
the great cloud of witnesses by whom we are 
compassed about; all thy saints in every age 
who have loved thee in life and continued faith- 
ful unto death. Enable us, we beseech thee, so 
to follow their faith and good examples, that we 
with them may finally be partakers of thy 
heavenly Kingdom, and with them become like 
unto our Lord Jesus Christ, when we shall see 
him face to face. Amen. 

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2 


O Christ, who didst suffer for our advantage 
on the bitter cross, whose body was broken and 
whose blood poured out for us; arm us also with 
the same mind that was in thee. May we also 
be willing to suffer for others, be the suffering 
in mind or body or estate. In this world, so full 
of divisive selfishness, may we accept brother- 
hood as the ruling principle of life. Help us to 
abjure this day the selfish use of power or money 
for the exploitation of our fellows. May we 
dedicate our lives to the establishment of the 
Kingdom of God, to the organization of all pri- 
vate and public life by the Golden Rule of thy 
Gospel. And if, in the service of this ideal, 
there should come to us risk, or loss, or con- 
tempt, or suffering; yea, even if death should 
be our portion, may we not falter, but remember 
again [as in this Memorial] thine own broken, 
bleeding body; and take new courage from the 
fellowship of thy sufferings; and enter into the 
joy of more perfect realization of thy blessed 
Presence. Amen. 


(Note that if this Prayer be used on Good Friday, 
the words “as in this Memorial” should be omitted.) 


3 


O Thou Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of 
whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
named, we beseech thee, according to the riches 
of thy glory, to strengthen us with might by thy 
Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell 
in our hearts by faith; so that, being rooted and 


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erounded in love, we may be able to compre- 
hend, with all saints, what is the breadth, and 
length, and depth, and height, and to know the 
love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. Amen. 


4 


O God, who of thy great love to this world, 
didst reconcile earth to heaven through thine 
only-begotten Son: grant that we who by the 
darkness of our sins are turned aside from 
brotherly love, may by thy light shed forth in 
our souls, be filled with thine own sweetness, and 
embrace our friends in thee, and our enemies for 
thy sake, in a bond of mutual affection. Amen. 


4) 


Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who dost 
admit thy people unto such wonderful com- 
munion, that partaking of the Body and Blood 
of thy dear Son, they should dwell in him and 
he in them; we unworthy sinners, approaching 
to thy presence and beholding thy glory, do 
abhor ourselves and repent in dust and ashes. 
We have sinned, we have sinned, we have griev- 
ously sinned against thee in thought, in word, 
and in deed, provoking most justly thy wrath 
and indignation against us. The remembrance 
of our shortcomings fills us with sorrow and 
shame. Yet now, O most merciful Father, have 
mercy upon us; for the sake of Jesus Christ, 
forgive us all our sins; purify us, by the inspira- 
tion of thy Holy Spirit, from all inward unclean- 
ness; enable us heartily to forgive others as we 


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beseech thee to forgive us; and grant that we 
may ever hereafter serve and please thee in 
newness of life; to the honor and glory of thy 
name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


6 


We thank thee, Holy Father, for thy Holy 
Name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our 
hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and 
immortality which thou hast made known to 
us through Jesus, thy Servant; to thee be the 
glory for ever. 

Thou, Almighty Master, didst create all 
things for thy Name’s sake; both food and 
drink thou didst give to men for enjoyment, 
in order that they might give thanks to thee; 
but to us thou hast graciously given spiritual 
food and drink and eternal life, through thy 
Servant. Before all things we thank thee that 
thou art powerful; to thee be the glory for ever. 

Remember, Lord, thy Church, to deliver it 
from every evil, and to make it perfect in thy 
love, and gather it from the four winds, it, the 
sanctified, into thy Kingdom, which thou hast 
prepared for it; for thine is the power and the 
glory, for ever. 

Let grace come, and let this world pass away. 
Whoever is holy, let him come; whoever is not, 
let him repent. Hosanna to the Son of David, 
even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.* 


*This Prayer is probably the oldest Christian prayer 
outside the New Testament. It is from the Didache, 
A.D. 100-A. D. 120, slightly adapted. 


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fi 


Blessed Lord, who didst give thy Son to be 
our Savior, fulfill in us day by day while we 
live, the work of thy redeeming mercy. Give 
us to know Christ in the perfection of his life, 
that like him we may be in the world holy, 
harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. 
Give us to know Christ and the fellowship of 
his suffering, that we may not be wearied and 
faint in our minds, but may ever be resigned to 
thy most blessed will. Give us to know Christ 
and the virtue of his death, that the world may 
be crucified unto us and we unto the world, 
that we may die unto sin and live unto right- 
eousness. Give us to know Christ and the power 
of his resurrection, that as he was raised from 
the dead in the glory of the Father, we may 
rise unto newness of life. Give us to know 
Christ and the hope of his appearing, that we 
may be ready to give in our account with joy. 
O may we live by faith in him; may we increase 
in union with him; may we day by day become 
more like him, till we see him as he is and are 
changed into his perfect image. Amen. 


8 


O Lord and heavenly Father, we thy humble 
servants earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness 
mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise 
and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee 
to grant that by the merits and death of thy 
Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in him, we, 
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of our sins and all other benefits of his suffering. 
And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, 
our souls and bodies, to be a reasonable, holy, 
and living sacrific unto thee; humbly beseeching 
thee that we and all partakers of the holy com- 
munion may be filled with thy grace and heav- 
enly benediction. And although we are un- 
worthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto 
thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept 
this our bounden duty and service; not weighing 
our merits but pardoning our offenses, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord: by whom and with 
whom, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor 
and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, 
world without end. Amen. 


9 


O merciful Father, we thank thee for thy 
goodness to thy people in this place in per- 
mitting them to remember their Lord and 
Savior in this holy ordinance, and in feeding 
them with the spiritual food of his most precious 
body and blood. Continue to us thy loving- 
kindness, and grant that as we have received 
the Lord Jesus, we may walk in him, dying 
daily unto sin and living unto righteousness, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


An Order for the Dedication of Children 


ANNOUNCEMENT 


In making previous announcement that this service ts 
to be held, the Minister may conclude with the 
following 

Jesus said, Suffer the little children to 
come unto me, and forbid them not; for to 
such belongeth the Kingdom of God. 


INVOCATION 


{ To be said by the Minister 


In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


THE ScrRIPTURE LESSON 


Luke 2:22, 24, 39-52 


And when the days of their purification 
according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, 
his parents brought Jesus up to Jerusalem, 
to present him to the Lord, and to offer a 
sacrifice according to that which is said in 
the law of the Lord. . . . And when they had 
accomplished all things that were according 
to the law of the Lord, they returned to 
Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. And 
the child grew, and waxed strong, filled with 
wisdom: and the grace of God was upon 
him. And his parents went every year to 
Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 
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went up after the custom of the feast; and 
when they had fulfilled the days, as they 
were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind 
in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not, 
but supposing him to be in the company, 
they went a day’s journey; and they sought 
for him among their kinsfolk and acquain- 
tance; and when they found him not they 
returned to Jerusalem, seeking for him. 
And it came to pass, after three days, they 
found him in the temple, sitting in the midst 
of the teachers, both hearing them and ask- 
ing them questions: and all that heard him 
were amazed at his understanding and his 
answers. And when they saw him, they 
were astonished; and his mother said unto 
him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? 
Behold thy father and I sought thee sorrow- 
ing. And he said unto them, How is it that 
ye sought me? Knew ye not that I must 
be in my Father’s house? And they under- 
stood not the saying which he spake unto 
them. And he went down with them and 
came to Nazareth; and he was subject unto 
them; and his mother kept all these sayings 
in her heart. And Jesus advanced in wis- 
dom and stature, and in favor with God 
and men. 


Luke 18:15-17 


And they were bringing unto him also 
their babes, that he should touch them; but 
when the disciples saw it, they rebuked 
them. But Jesus called unto him, saying, 





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Suffer the little children to come unto me, 
and forbic them not: for to such belongeth 
the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto 
you, Whosoever shall not receive the king- 
dom of God as a little child, he shall in no 
wise enter therein. 


VoWS OF THE PARENTS 


| The parents, with the child, shall then stand before 
the Minister, who shall ask these questions, to each 
of which the parents shall make answer 

Minister: Do you now present this your 
child to Almighty God your heavenly 
Fathe1, earnestly desiring that he shall 
grow up into faith and love toward Jesus 
Christ our Lord, and into the service of his 
Kingdom? 

Parents: I do. 

Minister: Do you promise to instruct 
your child in the principles of true religion 
as contained in the Scriptures, to pray with 
him and for him, and to bring him up in 
the nurture and admonition of the Lord? 

Parents: I do. 


PRAYER FOR THE PARENTS 


{| Let the Minister then offer prayer for the parents, as 
follows 
Grant, O Lord, to these thy servants, 
grace to perform the things which they have 
promised before thee. May they so yield 
their own lives to the illumination and 
guidance of thy Spirit, that they may be 





110 Dedication of Children 


able to lead this child, whom they now 
dedicate to thee, into fulness of faith in 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRAYER FOR THE CHILD 


Then let the Minister ask the name of the child, and 
on being told the same by one of the parents, offer 
prayer on its behalf 


Minister: What is the name of this 
child? 

Parent: M. N. 

Minister: Let us pray. 

Most holy and merciful Father, from 
whom every family in heaven and in earth 
is named, hear thou, we beseech thee, the 
prayer which we offer on behalf of this 
child M. N. We thank thee that thou lovest 
the little children, and that thou hast taught 
us that it is only by possessing the trustful 
and humble hearts of little children, that 
we can find entrance into thy heavenly 
Kingdom. Bless this little child brought 
into thy courts to-day. Preserve him from 
every evil of body and mind and soul. 
When the choices of life shall present them- 
selves to Ais awakening mind, give him 
grace to abhor the evil and cleave to that 
which is good. Above all, may he come to 
love our Lord Jesus Christ,°to believe in 
Him, to follow Him into the waters of 
baptism, to serve Him in the Church and 
in the world, and by repentance and faith 
ever to walk with Him in perpetual newness 


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Dedication of Children 111 
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of life, until he come into the full stature 
of our perfect humanity in Christ Jesus. 
Overtake him with thy goodness all the 
days of this life. Be thou his help in temp- 
tation, his comfort in sorrow, his physician 
in sickness, his light in the darkness, and 
his comrade in joy. And finally, when the 
days of his pilgrimage are ended, receive 
him to thyself and make him to be num- 
bered with thy saints in glory everlasting, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


PRESENTATION OF GIFTS 


| Here, if convenient, it is fitting that the Minister 
should deliver to the parents a copy of the Holy 
Scriptures, suitably inscribed, as a gift from the 
Church, for the use of the child when he shall grow 
old enough to read therein. The Minister may also, 
if he will, place in the hand of the child a cluster 
of three white flowers, as a symbol of the Holy 
Trinity 


Tue Lorp’s PRAYER 


{| Let all present stand 


Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil. For thine is the 
Kingdom, and the power and the glory for 
ever. Amen. 


112 Dedication of Children 


BENEDICTION 


q If the service is to conclude at this point, and be not 
part of another service, a Benediction may be 
pronounced 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the communion of the 
Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


SILENT PRAYER 


An Order for the Solemniszation of 
HMatrimonp 


INVOCATION 


| The persons to be married shall present themselves 
before the Minister, the Woman standing at the left 
hand of the Man. Then, all present reverently 
standing, the Minister shall begin with this Invo- 
cation 
In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


ADDRESS 


7 The Minister shall address those present in this 
manner* 

Dearly beloved, we are assembled here in 
the presence of God, to join this Man and 
this Woman in holy Marriage; which is 
instituted of God, regulated by his com- 
mandments, blessed by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to be held in honor among all 
men. Let us therefore reverently remember 
that God has established and_ sanctified 
Marriage, for the welfare and happiness of 
mankind. Our Savior has declared that 
a man shall forsake his father and mother 
and cleave unto his wife. By his apostles, 
he has instructed those who enter into this 
relation to cherish a mutual esteem and 

*The service from this point quotes the text of the 
Order for the Solemnization of Marriage in “The Book 
of Common Worship,” copyrighted by the Trustees of 
the Presbyterian Board of Publication, and is used by 
their permission. 

113 





114 HMlarriage Berbice 


love; to bear with each other’s infirmities 
and weaknesses; to comfort each other in 
sickness, trouble and sorrow;. in honesty 
and industry to provide for each other, and 
for their household in temporal things; to 
pray for and encourage each other in the 
things which pertain to God; and to live 
together as the heirs of the grace of life. 
Forasmuch as these two Persons have 
come hither to be made one in this holy 
estate, if there be any here present who 
knows any just cause why they may not 
lawfully be joined in Marriage, I require 
him now to make it known, or ever after to 
~ hold his peace. 


THE CHARGE 


{ The Minister shall then charge the persons who are to 
be married, as follows 
I charge you both, before the great God 
the Searcher of all hearts, that if either of 
you know any impediment, why ye may not 
lawfully be joined together in Marriage, ye 
do now confess it. For be ye well assured 
that if any persons are joined together 
otherwise than as God’s Word allows, their 
union is not blessed by him. 


PRAYER 


{ No impediment appearing, this prayer may be offered 


Almighty and ever blessed God, whose 
Presence is the happiness of every condi- 
tion, and whose favor sweetens every rela- 


HMarriage Herbice 115 


tion; We beseech thee to be present and 
favorable unto these thy servants, that 
they may be truly joined in the honorable 
estate of Marriage, in the covenant of their 
God. As Thou hast brought them together 
by Thy providence, sanctify them by Thy 
Spirit, giving them a new frame of heart fit 
for their new estate; and enrich them with 
all grace, whereby they may enjoy the com- 
forts, undergo the cares, endure the trials, 
and perform the duties of life together as 
becometh Christians, under Thy heavenly 
guidance and protection; through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. Amen. 


THE Vows 
q Let the Minister ask of the Man this Vow 


M—, wilt thou have this Woman to be 
thy wife, and wilt thou pledge thy troth to 
her, in all love and honor, in all duty and 
service, in all faith and tenderness, to live 
with her, and cherish her, according to the 
ordinance of God, in the holy bond of Mar- 
riage? 


§ The Man shall answer 


I will. 


{ Then let the Minister ask of the Woman this Vow 


N—, wilt thou have this Man to be thy 
husband, and wilt thou pledge thy troth to 
him, in all love and honor, in all duty and 
service, in all faith and tenderness, to live 


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with him, and cherish him, according to the 
ordinance of God, in the holy bond of Mar- 
riage? | 


{ The Woman shall answer 


I will. 


| Then the Minister may say 


Who giveth this Woman to be married to 
this Man? 


{ Then the father of the Woman, or some other sutt- 
able person, shall put her right hand into the hand 
of the Minister, who shall cause the Man with his 
right hand to take the Woman by her right hand 
and say after him 


I, M. take thee N., To be my wedded wife; 
And I do promise and covenant, Before God 
and these witnesses, To be thy loving and 
faithful huband, In plenty and in want, In 
joy and in sorrow, In sickness and in health, 
As long as we both shall live. 


q{ Then shall they loose their hands; and the Woman 
with her right hand taking the Man by his right 
hand, shall likewise say after the Minister 


I, N. take thee M., To be my wedded 
husband; And I do promise and covenant, 
Before God and these witnesses, To be thy 
loving and faithful wife, In plenty and in 
want, In joy and in sorrow, In sickness and 
in health, As long as we both shall live. 


I Then, if a Ring be provided, it shall be given to the 
Minister, who shall return it to the Man, who shall 





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Nae put it upon the fourth finger of the Woman’s 
left hand, saying after the Minister 


This Ring I give thee, In token and 
pledge, Of our constant faith, And abiding 
love. 


PRAYER 


{ This Prayer may then be offered, the Minister asking 
those present to join in the Lord’s Prayer follawing 


Most merciful and gracious God, of 
whom the whole family in heaven and earth 
is named; Bestow upon these thy servants 
the seal of thine approval, and thy fatherly 
benediction: granting unto them grace to 
fulfill, with pure and steadfast devotion, the 
vow and covenant between them made. 
Guide them together, we beseech thee, in the 
way of righteousness and peace, that loving 
and serving thee, with one heart and mind, 
all the days of their life, they may be 
abundantly enriched with the tokens of 
thine everlasting favor, in Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy Name, Thy Kingdom come. Thy 
will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts, As we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil: For thine is the 
kingdom, and the power and the glory, for 
ever. Amen. 





118 HMarriage Herbice 





THE DECLARATION 


{| Let the Minister then make this Declaration to those 
present 
By the authority committed unto me as 
a Minister of the Church of Christ, I de- 
clare that M. and N. are now Husband and 
Wife, according to the ordinance of God, 
and the law of the State: in the Name of 
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. Amen. 


{ Then, causing the Husband and Wife to join their 
right hands, he may add this Warning 
Whom therefore God hath joined together, 
let no man put asunder. 


BENEDICTION 


{And the Minister shall pronounce this Blessing 


The Lord bless you and keep you: The 
Lord make his face to shine upon you and 
be gracious unto you: 

The Lord lift up his countenance upon 
you and give you peace: 

Both now and in the life everlasting. 
Amen. 


An @rder for the Burial of Members of 
the Church 


INVOCATION 


{ When all are assembled in the Church or in the 
home, let the Minister begin the Service with the 
following Invocation 

In the name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


OPENING SENTENCES 


| Let the Minster read such of the following sentences 
from the Scripture, as he shall deem suitable 

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who 
made heaven and earth. 

All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
thereof is as the flower of the field. The 
grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the 
word of our God shall stand for ever. 

We know that if the earthly house of our 
tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building 
from God, a house not made with hands, 
eternal, in the heavens. 

Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished 
death, and brought life and immortality to 
hight through the Gospel. 

I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith 
the Lord; he that believeth on me, though 
he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever 
liveth and believeth on me shall never die. 

Jehovah gave and Jehovah hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. 

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Burial Serbice 





Ye know not what shall be on the mor- 
row, What is your life? For ye are a 
vapor that appeareth for a little time and 
then vanisheth away. 

We are strangers before thee and so- 
journers, as all our fathers were; our days 
on the earth are as a shadow, and there 
is no abiding. 

We brought nothing into this world, 
SAA, neither can we carry anything out. 

None of us liveth unto himself and none 
of us dieth unto himself; for whether we 
live, we live unto the Lord, or whether we 
die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live 
therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s, for to 
this end, Christ died and rose and revived, 
that he might be Lord, both of the dead 
and of the living. 

Let your loins be girded about, and your 
lights burning; and be ye yourselves like 
unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
will return from the wedding; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open unto 
him immediately. 


I have fought the good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the faith. 
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown 
of righteousness, which the Lord, the Right- 
eous Judge, shall give to me at that day— 
and not to me only, but also to all them 
that have loved his appearing. 

Let me die the death of the righteous, 
and let my last end be like his! 





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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the 
death of his saints. 

Blessed are the dead which die in the 
Lord, from henceforth; yea, saith the 
Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; 
and their works do follow them. 

I know him whom I have believed, and 
I am persuaded that he is able to guard that 
which I have committed unto him against 
that day. 


Weep not,. saith the Lord, the child is not 
dead, but sleepeth. 

I say unto you that in heaven their 
angels do always behold the face of my 
Father who is in heaven. 

If we believe that Jesus died and rose 
again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus, 
will God bring with him. 

Verily, verily I say unto you, The hour 
cometh and now is, when the dead shall 
hear the voice of the Son of God, and they 
that hear shall live. 


Who shall separate us from the love of 
Christ? Shall tribulation or anguish, or 
persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or 
peril or sword? Nay, in all these things we 
are more than conquerors through him that 
loved us. For I am persuaded that neither 
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, 
nor things present nor things to come, nor 
powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to separate us 


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from the love of God, which is in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. | , 

Now hath Christ been raised from the 
dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 

O death, where is thy sting? O death, 
where is thy victory? Thanks be to God, 
who giveth us the victory through our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 


PRAYER 


Let the Minister then offer one of. the following 


prayers, and let tt be followed by the general saying 
of the Lord’s Prayer, by those present 


Almighty and most merciful God, the 
consolation of the sorrowful and the sup- 
port of the weary, who dost not willingly 
grieve or afflict the children of men: look 
down in tender love and pity, we beseech 
thee, upon thy servants, this bereaved 
household, whose joy is turned into mourn- 
ing; so that while they mourn they may not 
murmur, and in their perplexity they may 
not despair. According to thy great mercy, 
be pleased to uphold, strengthen, and com- 
fort them; that they may not faint under 
thy fatherly chastening but find in thee 
their strength and refuge; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 


Almighty God, our heavenly Father, who 
art our Refuge and Strength, and a very 
present Help in time of trouble; enable us, 
we pray thee, to put our trust in thee, and 





Burial Serbice 123 





seeing we have an High Priest who is 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities, 
may we come boldly unto the throne of 
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find 
grace to help in this time of need: through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 


Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. For thine is the 
Kingdom and the power and the glory for 
ever. Amen. 


Outp TESTAMENT LESSON 


qj Let the Minister then read a Lesson from the Old 
Testament, using, if he will, one of the following 
passages. And note that other suitable lessons from 
the Old Testament may be found in Psalm 90; Job 
14:1-15 and 19:25-27b ; Prov. 31:10-31 (for the death 
of an aged mother) ; II Sam. 12:18-23 (for the death 
of a child); Eccl. 12:1-7, 13, 14 (for the death of a 
young person) 


Psalm 23 


Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; 

He leadeth me beside still waters. 

He restoreth my soul: 

He guideth me in the paths of righteousness 
for his name’s sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of 
the shadow of death, 





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I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; 

Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 

Thou preparest a table before me in the 
presence of mine enemies: 

Thou hast anointed my head with oil; 

My cup runneth over. 

Surely goodness and lovingkindness shall 
follow me all the days of my life; 

And I shall dwell in the house of Jehovah 
forever. ; 


Psalm 91 


He that dwelleth in the secret place of the 
Most High 

Shall abide under the shadow of the Al- 
mighty. 

I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and 
my fortress; 

My God, in whom I trust. 

For he will deliver thee from the snare of 
the fowler, 

And from the deadly pestilence. 

He will cover thee with his pinions, 

And under his wings shalt thou take refuge: 

His truth is a shield and a buckler. 

Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by 
night, ' 

Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 

For the pestilence that walketh in darkness, 

Nor for the destruction that wasteth at 
noonday. 

A thousand shall fall at thy side, 

And ten thousand at thy right hand; 


Burtal Serbice 125 


But it shall not come nigh thee. 

Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, 

And see the reward of the wicked. 

For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! 

Thou hast made the Most High thy habi- 
tation ; 

There shall no evil befall thee, 

Neither shall any plague come nigh thy 
tent. 

For he will give his angels charge over thee, 

To keep thee in all thy ways. 

They shall bear thee up in their hands, 

Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: 

The young lion and the serpent shalt thou 
trample under foot. 

Because-he hath set his love upon me, there- 
fore will I deliver him: 

I will set him on high, because he hath 
known my name. 

He shall call upon me, and I will answer 
him; 

I will be with him in trouble: 

I will deliver him, and honor him. 

With long life will I satisfy him, 

And show him my salvation. 


Psalm 103:1-18 


Bless Jehovah, O my soul; 

And all that is within me, bless his holy 
name. 

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, 

And forget not all his benefits: 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 


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Who healeth all thy diseases; 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; 

Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and 
tender mercies; 7 

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, 

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 

Jehovah executeth righteous acts, 

And judgments for all that are oppressed. 

He made known his ways unto Moses, 

His doings unto the children of Israel. 

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, 

Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkind- 
ness. 

He will not always chide; 

Neither will he keep his anger for ever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 

Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 

For as the heavens are high above the earth 

So great is his lovingkindness toward them 
that fear him. 

As far as the east is from the west, 

So far hath he removed our transgressions 
from us. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, 

So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 

For he knoweth our frame; 

He remembereth that we are dust. 

As for man, his days are as grass; 

As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 

And the place thereof shall know it no more. 

But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from 
everlasting :to everlasting upon them that 
fear him, 


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And his righteousness unto children’s chil- 
dren; 
To such as keep his covenant, 
And to those that remember his precepts to 
do them. 
} GLORIA 
After any reading from the Psalms, it is appropriate 
that the Gloria Patri be said or sung 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost. 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 


HyMN 
{If desired, a hymn or anthem may here be sung 


New TESTAMENT LESSON 


] Let the Minister then read a lesson from the New 
Testament, using, if he will, one of the following 
passages, and before the reading let him say, Hear 
the words of the New Testament, written for our 
admonition and comfort. And note that other 
suitable lessons may be found in Luke 7:11-16 and 
John 11:32-44 (for the death of a young man) 

John 14:1, 2, 15-20, 25-27; I Thess. 4:13, 14; 

o:1, 2, 4-11 

Let not your heart be troubled: believe 
in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s 
house are many mansions; if it were not 
so, I would have told you; for I go to 
prepare a place for you. If ye love me, ye 
will keep my commandments. And I will 
pray the Father and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may be with 
you for ever, even the Spirit of truth: 
whom the world cannot receive; for it be- 





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holdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye 
know him; for he abideth with you, and 
shall be in you. I will not leave you deso- 
late: I come unto you. Yet a little while 
and the world beholdeth me no more; but 
ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live 
also. In that day ye shall know that I am 
in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 
These things have I spoken unto you, while 
yet abiding with you. But the Comforter, 
even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach you all 
things, and bring to your remembrance all 
that I said unto you. Peace I leave with 
you; my peace I give unto you: not as the 
world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful. 


But we would not have you ignorant, 
brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; 
that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who 
have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus 
died and rose again, even so them also that 
are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring 
with him. But concerning the times and 
the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that 
aught be written unto you. For yourselves 
know perfectly that the day of the Lord so 
cometh as a thief in the night. But ye, 
brethren, are not in darkness that that day 
should overtake you as a thief: for ye are 
all sons of light, and sons of the day: we 
are not of the night, nor of darkness; so 
then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let 





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us watch and be sober. For they that sleep, 
sleep in the night; and they that are 
drunken are drunken in the night. But let 
us, since we are of the day, be sober, put- 
ting on the breastplate of faith and love; 
and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. 
For God appointed us not unto wrath, but 
unto the obtaining of salvation through our 
Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, 
whether we wake or sleep, we should live 
together with him. Wherefore exhort one 
another, and build each other up, even as 
also ye do. 


I Cor. 15:12-28, 35-44a, 54-58 


Now if Christ is preached that he hath 
been raised from the dead, how say some 
among you that there is no resurrection of 
the dead? But if there is no resurrection 
of the dead, neither hath Christ been raised: 
and if Christ hath not been raised, then is 
our preaching vain, your faith also is vain. 
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of ~ 
God; because we witnessed of God that he 
raised up Christ; whom he raised not up, 
if so be that the dead are not raised. For 
if the dead are not raised, neither hath 
Christ been raised: and if Christ hath not 
been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet 
in your sins. Then they also that are fallen 
asleep in Christ have perished. If we have 
only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of 
all men most pitiable. 

But now hath Christ been raised from the 


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dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
For since by man came death, by man came 
also the resurrection of the dead. For as 
in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 
be made alive. But each in his own order: 
Christ the first-fruits; then they that are 
Christ’s, at his coming. Then cometh the 
end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom 
to God, even the Father; when he shall have 
abolished all rule and all authority and 
power. For he must reign, till he hath put 
all his enemies under his feet. The last 
enemy that shall be abolished is death. For, 
He shall put all things in subjection under 
his feet. But when he saith, All things are 
put in subjection, it is evident that he is 
excepted who did subject all things unto 
him. And when all things have been sub- 
jected unto him, then shail the Son also 
himself be subjected unto him that did 
subject all things unto him, that God may 
be all in all. . 

But some one will say, How are the dead 
raised? and with what manner of body do 
they come? Thou foolish one, that which 
thou thyself sowest is not quickened except 
it die: and that which thou sowest, thou 
sowest not the body that shall be, but a 
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of 
some other kind; but God giveth it a body 
even as it pleased him, and to each seed a 
body of its own. All flesh is not the same 
flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and 
another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of 





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birds, and another of fishes. There are also 
celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but 
the glory of the celestial is one, and the 
glory of the terrestrial is another. There is 
one glory of the sun, and another glory of 
the moon, and another glory of the stars; 
for one star differeth from another star in 
glory. So also is the resurrection of the 
dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised 
in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor; it 
is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; 
it is raised in power: it is sown a natural 
body; it is raised a spiritual body. 

- But when this corruptible shall have put 
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have 
put on immortality, then shall come to pass. 
the saying that is written, Death is swal- 
lowed up in victory. O death, where is 
thy sting? O death, where is thy victory? 
The sting of death is sin; and the power 
of sin is the law: but thanks be to God, 
who giveth us the victory through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. Wherefore, my beloved 
brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, al- 
ways abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your labor is 
not vain in the Lord. 


Rev. 14:13; 21:1-8; 22:1-5 
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, 
Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the 
Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, 


that they may rest from their labors; for 
their works follow with them. 





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And I saw a new heaven and a new 
earth: for the first heaven and the first 
earth are passed away; and the sea is no 
more. And I saw the holy city, new Jeru- 
salem, coming down out of heaven from 
God, made ready as a bride adorned for 
her husband. And I heard a great voice 
out of the throne saying, Behold, the taber- 
nacle of God is with men, and he shall 
dwell with them, and they shall be his 
peoples, and God himself shall be with 
them, and be their God: and he shall wipe 
away every tear from their eyes; and death 
shall be no more; neither shall there be 
mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: 
the first things are passed away. And he 
that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I 
make all things new. And he saith, Write: 
for these words are faithful and true. And 
he said unto me, They are come to pass. 
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the begin- 
ning and the end. I will give unto him that 
is athirst, of the fountain of the water of 
life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit 
these things; and I will be his God, and he 
shall be my son. But for the fearful, and 
unbelieving, and abominable, and murder- 
ers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be 
in the lake that burneth with fire and 
brimstone; which is the second death. 

And he showed me a river of water of 
life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the 
throne of God and of the Lamb, in the 


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midst of the street thereof. And on this 
side of the river and on that was the 
_ tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, 
yielding its fruit every month: and the 
leaves of the tree were for the healing of 
the nations. And there shall be no curse 
any more: and the throne of God and of 
the Lamb shall be therein: and his servants 
shall serve him; and they shall see his face; 
and his name shall be on their foreheads. 
And there shall be night no more; and they 
need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; 
for the Lord God shall give them light: and 
they shall reign for ever and ever. 


Mk. 10:138-16; Rev. 22:4; 7:16-17 
(For the death of a child) 


And they were bringing unto him, little 
children, that he should touch them: and 
the disciples rebuked them. But when 
Jesus saw it, he was moved with indigna- 
tion, and said unto them, Suffer the little 
children to come unto me; forbid them not: 
for to such belongeth the kingdom of God. 
Verily, I say unto you, whosoever shall not 
receive the kingdom of God as a little child, 
he shall in no wise enter therein. And he 
took them in his arms, and blessed them, 
laying his hands upon them. 

And they shall see his face; and his name 
shall be in their foreheads. 

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst 
any more; neither shall the sun strike upon 
them, nor any heat: for the Lamb that is 


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in the midst of the throne shall be their 
shepherd, and shall guide them unto foun- 
tains of waters of life: and God shall wipe 

away every tear from their eyes. | 


ADDRESS 
q A brief address may here be made, if it be thought 
desirable 
PRAYER 


q After the address, prayer should be offered, either 
extemporaneously or by the use of one of the 
following prayers 


For Consolation of Faith 


O God of all consolation, Father of our 
dear Lord Jesus Christ, Friend closer than 
any brother, whose Spirit mingles with our 
spirits: Thou alone canst comfort us in our 
affliction. Lighten our darkness, we beseech 
Thee, and still our unquiet hearts with Thy 
sweet words of peace. Teach us that all 
the truth and grace which we have this day 
lost in him from whom we are parted, we 
shall find in him again, enriched and sanc- 
tified, in Thy holy presence. Amid so much 
of change and confusion and mortality, may 
we in this hour lay hold on the immortal 
and the enduring. May we know that faith 
will never die; that hope shall never be put 
to shame; that love never faileth. May we 
know that nothing whatever of the beauty 
or strength or affection or holiness which 
we saw in him whom we have loved and 
lost awhile, has ceased to be. Rather may 





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our troubled and broken hearts be assured 
and set to rest in Thee, certain that the 
constant faith, unconquerable hope and 
deathless love which were his, and which 
we crave may be ours also, will come to 
glorious consummation in fulness of joy 
when he and we shall stand together at Thy 
right hand through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


For Right Use of Affliction 


O God, whose days are without end, and 
whose mercies cannot be numbered; make 
us, we beseech Thee, deeply sensible of the 
shortness and uncertainty of human life; 
and let Thy Holy Spirit lead us through 
this present world in holiness and righteous- 
ness all the days of our lives; that when we 
shall have served Thee in our generation, 
we. may be gathered unto our fathers, hav- 
ing the testimony of a good conscience; in 
the communion of thy holy Church; in the 
confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort 
of a reasonable, religious and holy hope; 
in favor with Thee our God, and in perfect 
charity with the world. All which we ask 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Presence of Christ 


O Lord Jesus Christ, who Thyself didst 
weep beside the grave, and art touched with 
the feeling of our sorrows: fulfil now Thy 
promise that Thou wilt not leave Thy peo- 
ple comfortless, but wilt come to them. 


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May we who cannot see Thee with the eye 
of flesh, behold Thee steadfastly with the 
eye of faith. Reveal Thyself unto Thine 
afflicted servants, and cause us to hear Thee. 
saying, “I am the Resurrection and the 
Life.’ Help us, O Lord, to turn to Thee 
with true discernment, and to abide in Thee 
through living faith: that, finding now the 
comfort of Thy presence, we have also a 
sure confidence in Thee for all that is 
to come: until the day break and these 
shadows flee away. Hear us for Thy great 
mercy’s sake, O Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


For Grace to Follow Christ 


O Lord Jesus Christ, who by Thy death 
didst take away the sting of death; grant 
unto us Thy servants so to follow in faith 
where Thou hast led the way, that we 
may at length fall asleep peacefully in 
Thee, and awake after Thy likeness; 
through Thy mercy, who livest with the 
Father and the Holy Spirit, one God, world 
without end. Amen. 


For Us Who Still Live 


Blessed are all Thy saints, our God and 
King, who have traveled over the tempestu- 
ous sea of mortality, and have at last made 
the desired port of peace and felicity. Oh, 
cast a gracious eye upon us who are still in 
our dangerous voyage. Remember and suc- 


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cor us in our distress, and think on them 
that. be exposed to the rough storms of 
troubles and temptations. Strengthen our 
weakness, that we may do valiantly in this 
spiritual war; help us against our own neg- 
ligence and cowardice, and defend us from 
the treachery of our unfaithful hearts. We 
are exceeding frail and indisposed to every 
gallant and virtuous undertaking. Grant, 
O Lord, that we may bring our vessel 
safe into our desired haven, through Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 


Thanksgiving for the Righteous Dead 


We thank Thee for the dear and faithful 
dead, for those who have made the distant 
heavens a home for us, and whose truth 
and beauty are even now in our hearts. One 
by one Thou dost gather the scattered 
families out of the earthly light into the 
heavenly glory, from the distractions and 
strife and weariness of time to the peace of 
eternity. We thank Thee for the labors 
and joys of these mortal years. We thank 
Thee for our deep sense of the mysteries 
that lie behind our dust, and for the eye 
of faith which Thou hast opened for all 
who believe in Thy Son, to behold through 
the dark present the shining future. May 
we live altogether in Thy faith and love, 
and in that hope which is full of immor- 
tality, until for us also the day shall break 
in glory, through the grace of Jesus Christ 
our Savior. Amen. 


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For Support During Life 


O Lord, support us all day long of this 
troublous life, until the shadows lengthen, 
and the evening comes, and the busy world 
is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
our work is done. Then in Thy great 
mercy grant us a safe lodging and a holy 
rest, and peace at last; through Jesus Christ, 
our Lord. Amen. 


BENEDICTION 


The Minister shall then pronounce a Benediction 


upon all those present, as follows 


The peace of God which passeth all under- 
standing, keep your hearts and minds in 
the knowledge and love of God, and of His 
Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing 
of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and 
the Holy Spirit, be amongst you and remain 
with you always. Amen. 


THE CoMMITTAL 


] When the company have come to the place of burial, 


while the coffin ts being made ready to be lowered, 
the Minister may read any of the Scripture Sen- 
tences (p. 119) not heretofore read, or the words of 
the following ancient hymn 

In the midst of life we are in death: of 
whom may we seek for succor, but of Thee, 
O Lord, who for our sins most justly art 
displeased? 

Yet O Lord God most holy, O Lord most 
mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, 


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deliver us not unto the bitter pains of eter- 
nal death. 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our 
hearts; shut not Thy merciful ears to our 
prayer; but spare us Lord most holy, O 
God most mighty, O holy and merciful 
Savior, Thou most werthy Judge Eternal, 
suffer us not at our last hour, for any pains 
of death, to fall from Thee! 


{ Then, while the coffin is lowered into the grave and 
earth is cast upon it by some one standing by, the 
Minister shall utter the following Words of Com- 
mittal 

Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty 
God to take out of the world the soul of 
our brother departed (or of this child), we 
therefore commit his body to the ground; 
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; 
remembering the good word of promise, 
that if the earthly house of our tabernacle 
be dissolved, we have a building from God, 
a house not made with hands, eternal, in 
the heavens; through our Lord Jesus Christ. 


§ The Minister may then offer this Prayer, with the 
Benediction following 

O merciful God, the Father of our Lord 

Jesus Christ, who is the Resurrection and 

the Life; in whom whosoever believeth shall 

live, though he die, and whosoever liveth 

and believeth in Him shall not die eter- 

nally: we humbly beseech Thee, O Father, 

to raise us from the death of sin to the 

life of righteousness; that when we shall 





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depart this life, we may rest in Him; and 
that at the Resurrection we may be found 
acceptable in Thy sight, and receive that 
blessing which Thy well-beloved Son shall 
then pronounce to all that love and serve 
Thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of 
my Father, receive the kingdom prepared 
for you from the beginning of the world; 
grant this, we beseech Thee, O merciful 
Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator 
and Redeemer. Amen. 


Now the God of Peace, who brought 
again from the dead the great Shepherd of 
the Sheep, with the blood of an eternal 
covenant, even our Lord Jesus, make you 
perfect in every good thing to do His will, 
working in you that which is well pleasing 
in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom 
be the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 


Gn Order for the Burial of Those Who 
Have Lived Apart from the Church 


INVOCATION 


§] When all are assembled in the home, the Minister 
may begin the service with the following invocation 
In the name of the Father, and of the 

Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. 


OPENING SENTENCES 


q{ Let the Minister read such of the following senterces 
from the Scriptures as he shall deem suitable 

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who 
made heaven and earth. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness 
thereof is as the flower of the field. The 
grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the 
word of our God shall stand for ever. 

Let your loins be girded about, and your 
lights burning. And be ye yourselves like 
unto men that wait for their lord, when he 
will return from the wedding; that when he 
cometh and knocketh, they may open unto 
him immediately. 

Verily, verily I say unto you, The hour 
cometh and now is, when the dead shall 
hear the voice of the Son of God: and they 
that hear shall live. 

Our Savior Jesus Christ hath abolished 
death, and brought life and immortality to 
light through the gospel. 

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Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken 
away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. 


PRAYER 


Q Let the Minister then offer one of the following 
prayers, and let it be followed by the general say- 
ing of the Lord’s Prayer, by those present 

- Almighty God, the Fountain of all wis- 
dom, who knowest our necessities before we 
ask, and our ignorance in asking; we be- 
seech thee to have compassion upon our 
infirmities; and those things which for our 
unworthiness we dare not, and for our 
blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give 
us for the worthiness of thy Son, Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 


Almighty and most merciful God, the 
consolation of the sorrowful and the sup- 
port of the weary, who dost not willingly 
grieve or affiict the children of men; look 
down in tender love and pity, we beseech 
thee, upon thy servants, this bereaved 
household, whose joy is turned into mourn- 
ing; so that while they mourn they may not 
murmur and in their perplexity they may 
not despair. According to Thy great mercy 
be pleased to uphold, strengthen, and com- 
fort them; that they may not faint under 
Thy fatherly chastening, but find in Thee 
their strength and refuge; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 


Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed 
be Thy Name; Thy kingdom come. Thy 





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q A 


will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. And 
forgive us our debts as we forgive our 
debtors. And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the 
‘kingdom and the power and the glory for 
ever. Amen. 


Oup TESTAMENT LESSON 


lesson from the Old Testament may then be read, 
either one of the two Psalms following or Eccl. 
12:1-7, 13, 14 [for the death of a young person] 


Psalm 130 


Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, 
O Jehovah. 

Lord, hear my voice: 

Let thine ears be attentive 

To the voice of my supplications. 

If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, 

O Lord, who could stand? 

But there is forgiveness with thee, 

That thou mayest be feared. 

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, 

And in his word do I hope. 

My soul waiteth for the Lord 

More than watchmen wait for the morning; 

Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. 

O Israel, hope in Jehovah; 

For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness, 

And with him is plenteous redemption. 

And he will redeem Israel 

From all his iniquities. 


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Psalm 103 


Bless Jehovah, O my soul; 

And all that is within me, bless his holy 
name. 

Bless Jehovah, O my soul, 

And forget not all his benefits: 

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; 

Who healeth all thy diseases; 

Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; 

Who crownest thee with lovingkindness and 
tender mercies; ny 

Who satisfieth thy desire with good things, 

So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle. 

Jehovah executeth righteous acts, 

And judgments for all that are oppressed. 

He made known his ways unto Moses, 

His doings unto the children of Israel. 

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, 

Slow to anger, and abundant in loving- 
kindness. 

He will not always chide; 

Neither will he keep his anger forever. 

He hath not dealt with us after our sins, 

Nor rewarded us after our iniquities. 

For as the heavens are high above the earth, 

So great is his lovingkindness toward them 
that fear him. 

As far as the east is from the west, 

So far hath he removed our transgressions 
from us. 

Like as a father pitieth his children, 

So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him. 

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He remembereth that we are dust. 
As for man, his days are as grass; 
As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. 
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 
And the place thereof shall know it no more. 
But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from 
everlasting to everlasting upon them that 
fear him, 
And his righteousness unto children’s chil- 
dren; 
To such as keep his covenant, 
And to those that remember his precepts 
to do them. 
Jehovah hath established his throne in the 
heavens; 
And his kingdom ruleth over all. 
Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, | 
That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his | 
word, | 
Hearkening unto the voice of his word. 
Bless Jehovah all ye his hosts, 
Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. 
Bless Jehovah, all ye his works, 
In all places of his dominion: 
Bless Jehovah, O my soul. 


(GLORIA 


] After any reading from the Psalms, it is appropriate 
that the Gloria Patri be said or sung 
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, 
and to the Holy Ghost; 
As it was in the beginning, is now, and 
ever shall be, world without end. Amen. 





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HymMn 


 [f desired, an appropriate hymn or anthem may here 
be sung 


New TESTAMENT Lesson 


{i This lesson from the New Testament may then be 
read, preceded by the words, Hear also the words 
of the New Testament. But note that other suit- 
able lessons from the New Testament may be found 
in Luke 7:11-16 and John 11:32-44 (for the death 
of a young man) pt 4 

I Cor. 15:20-22, 45-49; I Thess. 5:1, 2, 4-11 

But now hath Christ been raised from the 
dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep. 
For since by man came death, by man came 
also the resurrection of the dead. For as 
in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all 
be made alive. So also it is written, The 
first man Adam became a living soul. The 
last Adam became a_ life-giving spirit. 
Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, 
but that which is natural; then that which 
is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, 
earthy: the second man is of heaven. As 
is the earthy, such are they also that are 
earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are 
they also that are heavenly. And as we 
have borne the image of the earthy, we shall 
also bear the image of the heavenly. 

But concerning the times and the seasons, 
brethren, ye have no need that aught be 
written unto you. For yourselves know per- 
fectly that the day of the Lord so cometh 
as a thief in the night. But ye, brethren, 


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are not in darkness, that that day should 
overtake you as a thief: for ye are all sons 
of light, and sons of the day: we are not 
of the night, nor of darkness; so then let us 
not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch 
and be sober. For they that sleep, sleep in 
the night; and they that are drunken, are 
drunken in the night. But let us, since we 
are of the day, be sober, putting on the 
breastplate of faith and love; and for a 
helmet, the hope of salvation. For God 
appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the 
obtaining of salvation through our Lord 
Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether 
we wake or sleep, we should live together 
with him. Wherefore exhort one another, 
and build each other up, even as also ye do. 


ADDRESS 
| A brief address may here be made, tf it be thought 
desirable 
PRAYER 


{| Prayer may then be offered, either extemporaneously 
or by the use of the following 
Almighty God, who seest not as man 
seeth, neither judgest as man judgeth, we 
give Thee thanks for all that was worthy 
in the life of him who has now passed from 
the world. We praise Thee for every deed 
of kindness, every word of affection, and 
every useful labor, of our departed brother. 
Since it is through Thy mercy alone that 
we are not cut off, and by Thy grace that 


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we are saved, we beseech Thee so to impress 
our hearts with a sense of Thy forgiveness, 
that earnestly desiring the best gifts, we 
may henceforth walk humbly before Thee, 
serving Thee and our fellowmen in faith, 
hope and love, until the day break and the 
shadows flee away; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


O Lord, support us all day long of this 
troublous life, until the shadows lengthen 
and the evening comes, and the busy world 
is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and 
our work is done. Then in Thy mercy 
grant us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and 
peace at last; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


BENEDICTION 


The Minister shall then pronounce a Benediction on 
all those present 
The peace of God which passeth all un- 
derstanding, keep your hearts and minds 
in the knowledge and love of God, and of 
His Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the 
blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the 
Son, and the Holy Spirit, be amongst ‘you 
always. Amen. 


THE CoMMITTAL 


] When the company have come to the place of burial, 
while the coffin is being made ready to be lowered, 
the Minister may read any of the Scripture Sen- 
tences (p. 119) which are appropriate, and have not 





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been heretofore read, or he may read the words of 
the following ancient hymn 

In the midst of life we are in death: of 
whom may we seek for succor, but of Thee, 
O Lord, who for our sins most justly art 
displeased? 

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most 
mighty, O holy and most merciful Savior, 
deliver us not into the bitter pains of eter- 
nal death! 

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our 
hearts; shut not Thy merciful ears to our 
prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O 
God most mighty, O holy and merciful 
Savior; Thou most worthy Judge eternal, 
suffer us not at our last hour, for any pains 
of death, to fall from Thee! 


| While the coffin 1s lowered into the grave and earth 1s 
cast upon wt by some one standing by, the Minister 
may utter the following Words of Committal 


Forasmuch as it hath pleased Almighty 
xyod to take out of the world the soul of 
our brother departed [or of this child], we 
therefore commit his body to the ground; 
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; 
remembering the grace and mercy of our 
Heavenly Father, vouchsafed to us in Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 


The Minister may then offer one of the following 
prayers, with the Benediction following 


We commend into thy hands of mercy, 
most merciful Father, the soul of this our 





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brother departed, remembering thine infi- 
nite goodness, and beseeching thee, if it be 
possible, to grant that he, coming now into 
the fuller light of thy Presence, may there 
find the dark cloud of sin rolled away, the 
mists of doubt and error dissolved, and the 
veil of ignorance rent asunder; and may 
give himself to thy love and service for 
eternity. And grant that we who are here 
present may receive grace to live in thy 
fear and love, and to die in thy favor; that 
when the judgment shall come, which thou 
hast committed to thy well-beloved Son, 
both this our brother and we, may be found 
acceptable in thy sight, and receive the 
blessing which thy well-beleved Son shall 
then pronounce upon all who love and fear 
thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of 
my Father, receive the kingdom prepared 
for you from the beginning of the world. 
Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful 
Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator 
and Redeemer. Amen. 


O God, whose days are without end and 
whose mercies cannot be numbered; make 
us, we beseech thee, deeply sensible of the 
shortness and uncertainty of human life; 
and let thy Holy Spirit lead us in holiness 
and righteousness all the days of our lives; 
that when we shall have served thee in our 
generation, we may be gathered unto our 
fathers having the testimony of a good con- 
science; in the communion of the Christian 


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Church; in the confidence of a certain faith; 
in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, 
and holy hope; in favor with thee our God, 
and in perfect charity with all the world; 
all of which we ask through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and 
the love of God, and the communion of the 
Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen. 


General Prayers 


CONFIDENCE IN Gop 

O Lord, by all thy dealings with us, whether 
of joy or pain, of light or darkness, let us be 
brought to thee. Let us value no treatment of 
thy grace simply because it makes us happy or 
because it makes us sad, because it gives us, or 
denies us, what we want; but may all that thou 
sendest us bring us to thee, that knowing thy 
perfectness, we may be sure in every disappoint- 
ment that thou art still loving us, in every 
darkness that thou art still enlightening us, and 
in every enforced idleness that thou art still 
using us; yea, in every death that thou art giv- 
ing us life as in his death thou didst give life 
to thy Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 


SELF CONTROL 


We beseech thee, O Lord, by the mystery of 
our Savior’s fasting and temptation, to arm us 
with the same mind that was in him, toward all 
evil and sin; and give us grace to keep our 
bodies in such holy discipline, that our minds 
may be always ready to resist evil, and obey the 
motions of thy Holy Spirit; through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. , 


Hicurr ASPIRATIONS 
O God, the Father of lights, from whom 
cometh down every good and perfect gift, and 
who art thyself the only satisfying portion of 
the souls which thou hast made; grant us grace, 
we beseech thee, to raise our thoughts and affec- 
tions from earth to heaven, and to breathe con- 
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tinually after thy presence; that so, in the midst 
of all worldly vanity and change, our hearts 
may surely there be fixed where alone are to 
be found true joys and everlasting peace; 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


GRACE TO FoLttow Our IDEALS 


O God, who hast in mercy taught us how 
good it is to follow the holy desires which thou 
manifoldly puttest into our hearts, and how 
bitter is the grief. of falling short of whatever 
beauty our minds behold, strengthen us, we be- 
seech thee, to walk steadfastly through life in 
the better path which our hearts once chose; 
and give us wisdom to tread it prudently in thy 
fear, as well as cheerfully in thy love; so that, 
having been faithful to thee all the days of our 
life here, we may be able hopefully to resign 
ourselves into thy hands hereafter. Amen. 


Ricut THouGHTSs 


Most merciful Father, who orderest the wills 
and affections of men; inspire in the hearts of 
us thy servants, holy wishes and aspirations, 
that all base imaginings and sinful broodings 
may be cast out. Spirit of purity and grace, 
cleanse the thoughts of our hearts and bring our 
whole beings into captivity to the law of Christ. 
So direct and control our minds that we may 
ever think on whatsoever things are true and 
pure and lovely. Let no corrupt thought get 
dominion over us. Enter thou into the house 
of our soul. Enlarge and renew it and conse- 
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all our minds and serve thee with all our might. 
Free us from the fascinations of false pleasures 
and the allurement of debasing desires. Fill our 
eyes with the eternal beauty of goodness, that 
vice and sin may appear as they really are, the 
last shame and despair of life. Keep us out- 
wardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls, 
and constrain us to reverential obedience to the 
laws thou hast made. Sustain us in health of 
body that we may the better control the motions 
of thought, and repel the assaults of passion. 
We ask it for thy Son our Savior’s sake. Amen. 


UNWORLDLINESS 


O God who hast given unto us in the midst 
of our temptations and trials, the great hope of 
eternal life through the mediation of thy Son 
Jesus Christ, grant that while here in the flesh 
we may have our conversation in heaven, and 
may feel the power of the world to come. May 
we labor not only for the meat that perisheth, 
but for that which endureth unto life everlast- 
ing. May we use the world as not abusing it. 
Though in the world, may we not be of it. 
Strength us to overcome sensuality by self- 
denial, anger by meekness, indifference by devo- 
tion, and always evil with good. Suffer us not 
in our health and prosperity to forget thee, or 
in our sickness and adversity to think ourselves 
forgotten of thee. May we seek that holiness 
without which no man shall see thee; and be 
faithful to the trust committed to us, working 
out our salvation with fear and trembling, that 
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before the Son of Man, and may receive the 
crown of righteousness which the Lord hath 
promised to them that love him. Amen. 


Rest 1n Gop 


Grant.us, O most loving Lord, to rest in thee 
above all created things, above all health and 
beauty, above all glory and honor, above all 
power and dignity, above all knowledge and 
science, above all riches and art, above all fame 
and praise, above all sweetness and comfort, 
above all hope and promise, above all gifts and 
favors that thou canst give and impart to us, 
above all jubilee that the mind of man can 
receive and feel; finally above all angels and 
archangels, and above all the heavenly host, 
above all things visible and invisible, and above 
all that thou art not, O our God. It is too small 
and unsatisfying, whatsoever thou bestowest on 
us apart from thee, or revealest to us, or prom- 
isest, whilst thou art not seen, and not fully 
obtained. For surely our hearts cannot truly 
rest, nor be entirely contented, until they rest in 
thee, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


Ricgut Decision 

Almighty God, and most merciful Father, give 
us, we beseech thee, that grace that we may 
duly examine the inmost of our hearts, and our 
most secret thoughts, how we stand before thee; 
and that we may never henceforward be drawn 
to do anything that may dishonor thy name: 
but may preserve in all good purposes, and in 
thy holy service, until our life’s end; and grant 
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as good as nothing that we have done hitherto, 
perfectly begin to walk before thee, as becometh 
those that are called to an inheritance of light 
in Christ. Amen. 


RicgHt DEcIsIon 


Eternal God, who committest to us the swift 
and solemn trust of life; since we know not what 
a day may bring forth, but only that the hour 
for serving thee is always present, may we wake 
to the instant claims of thy holy will; not wait- 
ing for to-morrow, but yielding to-day. Lay to 
rest, by the persuasion of thy Spirit, the resist- 
ance of our passion, indolence, or fear. Conse- 
crate with thy presence the way our feet may 
go, and the humblest work will shine, and the 
roughest places be made plain. Lift us above 
unrighteous anger and mistrust in faith and 
hope and charity, by a simple and steadfast 
reliance on thy pure will. In all things draw us 
to the mind of Christ, that thy lost image may 
be traced again, and thou mayest own us as at 
one with him and thee. Amen. 


PARDON 


O merciful God, we acknowledge and confess 
before thee our many sins, especially those sins 
which our consciences charge against us at this 
time. Thou art our Father, but we have been 
disobedient children. Thou art our King, but 
we have been rebellious subjects. Thou art our 
Master, but we have been unprofitable servants. 
When we would have done good, evil has been 
present with us. Our own hearts condemn us, 


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and thou art greater than our hearts, and 
knowest all things. Have mercy upon us. For 
the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ, pardon our 
sins. Give unto us the assurance of reconcilia- 
tion and forgiveness. Fill us with all Joy and 
peace in believing, and grant unto us grace to 
love thee more truly, and to serve thee better in 
all time to come, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


PARDON 


Almighty and merciful God, the Fountain of 
all goodness, who knowest the thoughts of our 
hearts, we confess unto thee that we have sinned 
against thee, and done that which is evil in thy 
sight. Wash us, we beseech thee, from the 
stains of our past sins, and give us grace to put 
away all hurtful things: so that, being delivered 
from the bondage of sin, we may bring forth 
fruits worthy of repentance. O eternal Light, 
shine into our hearts. O eternal Goodness, de- 
liver us from evil. O eternal Power, be thou 
our support. Eternal Wisdom, scatter the dark- 
ness of our ignorance. Eternal Pity, have mercy 
upon us. Grant unto us that with all our hearts, 
and minds, and strength, we may evermore seek 
thy face; and finally bring us, in thine infinite 
mercy, to thy holy presence. So strengthen our 
weakness that, following in the footsteps of thy 
blessed Son, we may obtain mercy, and enter 
intc thy promised joy. Amen. 


FORGIVENESS FOR Our NEGLECT 


O God, who sendest thy Son to come in his 
glory, and all the angels with him; to sit upon 





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the throne of his glory; before whom all the 
nations shall be gathered for judgment: how 
shall we stand before that tribunal? We have 
taken thy Son’s name upon our lips, but we have 
darkened his Calvary by our neglect of those 
for whom he died. Our indifference has weak- 
ened the influence of righteousness in the world. 
Our thoughtlessness has left men to struggle 
vainly by themselves, when a word from us 
might have saved the day. Our cowardice has 
kept us from speaking out what others needed 
to brace them for the battle. Our sloth and 
self-indulgence have crippled good causes, be- 
cause we have been unwilling to support them. 
Brothers have lain suffering in our path, while 
we have passed by on the other side. Our eyes 
have beheld thee—hungry, athirst, and a stran- 
ger, naked, sick, and in prison—but we have not 
ministered to thee. We have not delivered them 
that are carried away unto death, nor held back 
those that are ready to be slain. Our brothers’ 
blood crieth unto thee from the ground. And 
forasmuch as we cannot change our past, we 
beseech thee to change our hearts, forgiving us, 
and filling us with a holy love. Transform us 
by the power of thy saving grace, from sources 
of evil into forces for good, that with all our 
might we may fight the wrongs we have aided, 
and aid the right we have clogged. Grant us 
this boon, that for every harm we have done, 
we may do some brave act of salvation; and 
that for every soul that has stumbled or fallen 
through us, we may bring to thee some other 
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renewed by our love; that so the face of thy 
Christ may smile upon us, and the light within 
us may shine undimmed. Amen. 


LOWLINESS AND PEACE 


Grant unto us, Almighty God, of thy good 
Spirit, that quiet heart and that patient lowli- 
ness to which thy comforting Spirit comes; 
that we, being humble toward thee, and loving 
toward one another, may have our hearts pre- 
pared for that peace which passeth understand- 
ing: which if we have, the storms of life can 
hurt us but little, and the cares of life vex us 
not at all, in the presence of which death shall 
lose its sting, and the grave its terror: and we, 
in calm joy, walk all the days of our appointed 
time, until our great change shall come. Amen. 


FREEDOM 


O God, let the sighing of the prisoner come 
before thee, and mercifully grant unto us that 
we may be delivered by thine almighty power 
from all bonds and chains of sin, whether in 
our bodies or in our souls, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Amen. 


GOODWILL 


O God of patience and consolation, give us 
such goodwill, we beseech thee, that with free 
hearts we may love and serve thee and our 
brethren; and, having thus the mind of Christ, 
may begin heaven on earth, and exercise our- 
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love abideth, shall seem no strange habitation 
to us. For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 


ILLUMINATION 
Almighty and everlasting God, the source of 


all life and joy, who by the glad sound of the 


gospel hast called us to have part in thy king- 
dom and glory; shine powerfully into our hearts, 
we beseech thee, that we may heartily choose 
that good part which shall not be taken away 
from us, and give diligence to make our calling 
and election sure, through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
Amen. 


Tue Licut or Lire 


O thou who art the true sun of the world, 
evermore rising, and never going down; who, 
by thy most wholesome appearing and sight, 
dost nourish, and make joyful all things, as well 
that are in heaven as also that are on earth: 
we beseech thee mercifully and favorably to 
shine into our hearts: that the night and dark- 
ness of sin, and the mists of terror on every 
side being driven away, thou brightly shining 
within our hearts, we may all our life long go 
without any stumbling or offense, walking as 
in the daytime, being pure and clean from the 
works of darkness, and abounding in all good 


works which thou hast prepared for us to walk. 


in. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
Amen. 
BEATITUDE 


O God, from whom cometh down every good 
and perfect gift, hear us when we humbly ask 


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of thee those blessings which thy Son has prom- 
ised to all who are his true disciples: 

Make us poor in spirit, that ours may be the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Make us to mourn for sin, that we may be 
comforted by thy grace. 

Make us meek, that we may inherit the earth. 

Make us to hunger and thirst after righteous- 
ness, that we may be filled therewith. 

Make us merciful, O Lord, that we may ob- 
tain mercy. 

Make us pure in heart, that we may see thee 
our God. 

Make us peacemakers, that we may be called 
thy children. 

Make us willing to be persecuted for right- 
eousness’ sake, that our reward may be in 
heaven. 

O thou fountain of grace and of truth, who 
hast called us out of darkness into the marvel- 
lous light of the gospel of thy dear Son; grant 
us grace to walk worthy of this our vocation, 
in all lowliness and meekness of mind, endeavor- 
ing to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond 
of peace, that our fruit may be unto holiness 
and the end everlasting life. Amen. 


Divine Hep 


Almighty and merciful God, who dost grant 
unto thy faithful people the grace to make every 
path of life temporal, the straight and narrow 
way which leadeth unto life eternal, grant that 
we, who know that we have no strength as of 
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thine almighty power, may, by the assistance 
of thy heavenly grace, always prevail in all 
things, against whatsoever shall arise to fight 
against us; through Jesus Christ. Amen. _ 


RIGHTEOUSNESS OF LIFE 


O Lord, who knowest what is best for us, 
give us what thou wilt and. deal with us in all 
things as seemeth good unto thee. Give us a 
clean and innocent heart, purity of speech, in- 
tegrity of life. Give us humility, patience, self- 
denial, prudence, justice, courage, temperance. 
Give us the spirit of wisdom and understanding, 
the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of 
knowledge, of goodness and of thy fear. Make 
us ever to love thee with all our heart, and 
soul, and strength, and mind, and to love our 
neighbor as ourselves; to do justly, to love 
mercy, and to walk humbly with thee, waiting 
in hope and patience for the coming of our 
master, that we may give in our account with 
joy. Amen. 


DatLty GRACE 


O God, from whom we have received life and 
all earthly blessings, vouchsafe to give unto us 
each day what we need: give unto all of us 
strength to perform faithfully our appointed 
tasks; bless the work of our hands and of our 
minds. Grant that we may ever serve thee 
in sickness and in health, in necessity and in 
abundance; sanctify our joys and our trials; 
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its righteousness, in the sure and certain faith 
that all else shall be added unto us. Amen. 


PROTECTION FROM EVIL 


O God, thou who hast been mindful of us and 
loaded us with benefits, continue thy mercy to 
thy children. Give us grace peacefully to serve 
thee day by day in our station and place in life. 
Amid the snares and temptations of the world, 
protect our weakness with thy never-failing 
love. Keep us from harm within us and with- 
out us; from the evil that is in ourselves; from 
the evil in the world around us; from all selfish, 
uncharitable, and impure thoughts; from all 
hard and bitter words; from doing that which 
should not be done, and from leaving undone 
that which should be done. Keep us in the con- 
stant sense of our membership in Christ, in the 
thought that we are his soldiers and servants, 
in the love of our Father’s house, and in the 
blessed hope of our eternal home. Amen. 


STRENGTH 


Let thy gospel, O Lord, come unto us now, 
not in word only, but in power and in the Holy 
Spirit and in much assurance: by it may we be 
guided into all truth, and strengthened unto all 
cbedience and enduring of thy will with joyful- 
ness; so that abounding in the work of faith, 
the labor of love, and the patience of hope, we 
may finally be made meet to be partakers of 
the inheritance of the saints in light, through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 





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Ricgut Use or. TIME 


O Lord, in whose hands are life and death, 
by whose power we are sustained, and by whose 
mercy we are spared, look down upon us with 
pity. Forgive us that we have until now so 
much neglected the duties which thou hast as- 
signed to us, and suffered the days and hours of 
which we must give account to pass away with- 
out any endeavor to accomplish thy will. Make 
us to remember, O God, that every day is thy 
gift, and ought to be used according to thy 
command. Grant us, therefore, so to repent of 
our negligence that we may obtain mercy from 
thee, and pass the time which thou shalt yet 
allow us in the diligent performance of thy 
commands, through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


DILIGENCE 


O God, who by the example of thy dear Son 
hast warned us that we should work thy works 
while it is day, before the night cometh, when 
no man can work, keep us from all sloth and 
idleness, and from the misuse of those talents 
which thou hast committed to our trust. Enable 
us to perform the several duties of our calling 
with such care and diligence that our work thay 
never be reproved in thy sight; and forasmuch 
as the needful business of this life is apt to steal 
away our hearts from thee, give us grace to 
remember that we have a master in heaven, and 
to do everything in singleness of heart as unto 
thee and not unto men, that of thee we may 
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hast promised in thy Son, our Savior Jesus 
Christ. Amen. 


MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL 


Almighty God, who hast made thy Son to be 
head over all things to the Church, and hast set 
within the Church, some to be apostles and some 
evangelists, and some pastors and teachers: en- 
dow with thy Divine Spirit, we beseech thee, 
those who have received this ministry. Grant 
unto them, O most merciful Father, such full- 
ness of thy grace, that they may be faithful 
and wise stewards whom thou settest over thy 
household, using the authority thou givest them 
not to wield lordship over the faith of their 
brethren, but to be helpers of their joy; that 
they may be able ministers of the New Testa- 
ment, knowing how they ought to behave them- 
selves in the house of God, workmen that need 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word 
of truth; faithful leaders of the blind and of 
them that are out of the way; lights unto those 
who are in darkness; watchful guardians over 
thy fold; followers of the true Shepherd who 
giveth his life for the sheep. Make their feet 
beautiful to publish the gospel of peace, and to 
bring glad tidings of good things. Give them 
power to preach not themselves, but Christ 
Jesus the Lord, and themselves the servants of 
all for Jesus’ sake. May they be examples to 
the believers, in word, in conversation, in char- 
ity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. So may they 
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and unreprovably in thy sight, that they may be 
prepared to stand without shame before the 
judgment seat of Christ, and thus, finishing 
their course with joy, be received into glory and 
immortality in thine eternal kingdom, where 
they that turn many to righteousness shall shine 
as the stars for ever and ever. Hear us for the 
sake of Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who 
liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy 
Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen. 


MISSIONARIES 


Hear our prayer, we beseech thee, O Lord, 
as we cry unto thee for the salvation of all men 
everywhere who know thee not. Open their 
eyes, and turn them from darkness to light, and 
from the power of Satan unto God, that they 
may receive remission of sins and an inheritance 
among them that are sanctified by faith in Jesus 
Christ. Bless, we entreat thee, all missionaries 
of the cross; defend them from all adversaries 
and all mischance; from weariness and _ loneli- 
ness; from discouragement and faintness of 
heart. Sustain their bodies and minds and 
spirits with thy sufficient grace, as of old; and 
may they see a good reward of all their labor. 
‘Bless also, we pray, the congregations gathered 
out of the heathen: make them fountains of 
blessing and beacons of light. Bless all men 
everywhere who name thy name and who carry 
thy Gospel of Life to this hungry world. And 
may thy word in their hands not return unto 
thee void, but accomplish the purposes of thy 


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Kingdom, for thy Son, Jesus Christ’s sake. 
Amen. 


MissIons 


Almighty God, our heavenly Father, we thank 
thee for the blessed gift of Jesus Christ thy Son. 
We thank thee that in him all mankind shall 
become one in faith and hope and love, and 
through him find their way at last to thee. We 
thank thee that thou hast called us who are 
citizens of this Republic and members of thy 
Church, to be fellow-workers with thee in the 
establishment of thy Kingdom. 

May this country, purged of its iniquities and 
sanctified by thy righteous Spirit, be thy servant 
among the nations of the world. Take from our 
midst all selfish pride and cruel greed, all the 
bitterness of class and race, all injustice, malice 
and indifference, and whatever may hinder the 
doing of thy holy will; that thou alone mayest 
rule in the hearts of this people. 

May thy Church be quickened by thy Holy 
Spirit to labor for the victory of thy rule of holy 
love, in all the earth. Inspire us thy people 
with the boldness of thy vision for us; and at- 
tend with thy blessing the good tidings of thy 
constant love and thy redeeming grace which we 
send around the world in thy name. Hasten the 
time when multitudes of every nation, and of all 
tribes and peoples and tongues, raised to new 
life and liberty by the proclamation of the 
Gospel, shall stand joyfully before thy throne, 
and join with us in the glad acclaim of salvation 
through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


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THE FountAIN oF LIFE 


O Jesus, living Jesus, Fountain of love that 
never faileth, help us thy servants to receive thy 
love for ourselves, and in some way to realize 
it, and to grow in the knowledge of it day by 
day and year by year. O Jesus, living Jesus, 
living Fountain of all beauty, the Fairest among 
ten thousand, may we receive of thy fulness 
grace for grace, and be satisfied when we awake 
in thy likeness. O Jesus, living Jesus, living 
Fountain of living waters, boundless Source of 
abundant life, give us to lay hold on the life 
which is life indeed, the eternal and abundant 
life which is in thee, and may be ours in thee. 
Amen. 


VOCATION 


O God, who art our Guide and Governor, who 
hast promised to direct the ways of those who 
acknowledge thee: we offer thee our thanks that 
thou dost not leave us alone to struggle and 
grope our way through the wilderness of life. 
Thou callest each one of us to redemption and 
safety in Jesus Christ: may there be none of us 
here in thy presence this day who shall fail to 
hear and heed that call. Thou callest us each 
to some service in thy Kingdom among the chil- 
dren of men: may there be none of us in this 
house to-day who shall refuse to answer the 
voice that says, Whom shall I send, and who 
will go for us? And when thy last call for us 
shall come, and thou dost summon us in death, 
may we run joyfully, as those who hear a be- 


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loved voice welcoming them, to enter the door 
of a longed-for home. Amen. 


Waukine WitH Gop 


O God, who keepest covenant and lovingkind- 
ness with thy servants that walk before thee 
with all their heart: grant, we beseech thee, that 
we may walk faithfully before thee all our days. 
We thank thee that Jesus Christ came to walk 
with us. May we find in him our companion 
by the way, speaking burning words into our 
hearts. And may we joyfully accompany him 
through darkness and light, through sickness 
and health, through prosperity and poverty, by 
duty and pleasure, in evil report and good re- 
port, beside the green pastures and still waters 
and amid the valley of the shadow of death: 
until he bring us home to our Father’s house in 
peace. Amen. 


Ricgut User oF SCRIPTURE 


Blessed Lord, who hast caused all holy Scrip- 
ture to be written for our learning: grant that 
-we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, 
learn, and inwardly digest them, that by pa- 
tience and comfort for thy holy word, we may 
embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope 
of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in 
our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. 


AFTER PREACHING 


Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that 
the words which we have heard this day with 
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grafted inwardly in our hearts that they may 
bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the 
honor and praise of thy name: through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


TuoseE WuHo Dovust 


We entreat thee, O Lord, holy Father, Al- 
mighty and everlasting God, grant that the way 
of thy truth, and the knowledge of thee, may 
be shown to thy servants who wander in doubt 
and uncertainty amid the darkness of this 
world; that their eyes may be opened, and that 
they may acknowledge thee, the one God, 
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and may enjoy 
the fruit of this confession both here and in 
the world to come: through Jesus Christ. Amen. 


LOYALTY 


We thank thee, Lord Jesus, that thou hast 
permitted us to range ourselves on thy side, to 
take thy name for our watchword, thy cross 
for our banner, thy Kingdom for our objective. 
May we so whole-heartedly identify ourselves 
with thy cause that the world will never be able 
to mistake our position. Thou hast called us 
friends, and hast made known to us thy pur- 
poses: may these purposes become our aims. 
May thy enemies be ours, thy friends ours, thy 
defeats and thy victories ours, and all that we 
have, thine. Amen. 


THE GOSPEL 


Thou, O God, hast given us the rich heritage 
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is at once so simple that by it a little child can 
find thee and the way so clear that the way- 
faring man, though a fool, need not err therein: 
and yet withal so deep and so unsearchable that 
the wisest of men can not exhaust it or get to 
the bottom of it, but will ever be as scholars 
learning to think thy thoughts after thee. Give 
us more and more of the mind of Christ. Help 
us more and more deeply to penetrate into the 
truth of the gospel; and so illuminate our under- 
standings, we beseech thee, that we may see 
more and more clearly the applications of the 
truth of the gospel to the complex life of the day 
in which we are called to live. Enrich us with 
the spiritual gifts of knowledge and utterance, 
thus making us more and more fit to be the 
ambassadors of thy reconciling grace. Send out 
thy light and thy truth, that evermore they may 
lead us. For Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 


UNITY OF CHRISTENDOM 


O God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
our only Savior, the Prince of Peace; give us 
grace seriously to lay to heart the great dangers 
we are in by reason of our unhappy divisions. 
Take away all hatred and prejudice, and what- 
soever else may hinder us from godly union and 
concord; that as there is but one body and one 
Spirit, and one hope of our calling, one Lord, 
one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of 
us all, so we may all be of one heart and of 
one soul, united in one holy bond of truth and 
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mind and one mouth glorify thee, through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. | 


Our CouNTRY 


Almighty God, who hast given us this good 
land for our heritage, we humbly beseech thee 
that we may always prove a people mindful of 
thy favor, glad to do thy will. Bless our land 
with honorable industry, sound learning, and 
pure manners. Save us from violence, discord 
and confusion; from pride and arrogancy, and 
from every evil way. Defend our liberties; pre- 
serve our unity; fashion into one happy people 
the multitudes brought hither out of many kin- 
dreds and tongues. Endue with the spirit of 
wisdom those to whom in thy name we entrust: 
the authority of government, to the end that 
there be justice and peace at home, ‘and that 
through obedience to thy law we show forth thy 
praise among the nations of the earth. In the 
time of prosperity fill our hearts with thankful- 
ness, and in the day of trouble suffer not our 
trust in thee to fail; through Jesus Christ our 
Lord. Amen. 


THE PREACHING OF THE GOSPEL 


Cause thy Church to arise and shine, O Lord, 
and let her ministers be clothed with righteous- . 
ness and salvation; that thy word which is in 
their hands may not return unto thee void, but 
have free course and be glorified in the world: 
prospering in the thing whereunto thou hast 
sent it, and prevailing mightily to turn men 
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sin unto God, that they may receive forgiveness 
of sins and inheritance among them who are 
sanctified by faith that is in Christ: to whom, 
with thee and the Holy Spirit, be honor and 
glory, world without end. Amen. 


Tue Kina’s HIGHWAY 


O Lord our Lord, as men of old prepared in 
the wilderness highways for their kings to pass 
over: so we beseech thee, help us with greater 
loving fervor than they, to prepare a highway 
for the King of Kings, who ever enters the world 
over the ways of human life and character. 
May we make ready for him by filling up the 
deficiencies that have characterized us, with in- 
creased zeal and loving service; by levelling off 
the hard swellings of pride and conceit and self- 
righteousness; by straightening out the tortuous 
curves of dishonesty and insincerity; by cover- 
ing all with a gracious finishing of kindliness 
and patience and light. Then come, O Lord, 
over thine own highway; through these lives of 
ours, enter the whole life of mankind; till all 
flesh shall see the salvation of God. Amen. 


STANDARDS OF SUCCESS 


O Lord, Giver of all grace: give us, we entreat 
thee, such patriotism and such unselfishness of 
heart, that we may have the same standards of 
success in life as did thy servant Nehemiah, 
who could not be content with his own eminence 
or wealth, while the city of his fathers’ sepul- 
chres lay waste and his fellow-citizens suffered 
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to have gained any blessings for ourselves if in 
our gaining of them the lives of our fellows 
have not also been made rich. May we use 
every power, every talent, every advantage that 
we have in the social service of thy Kingdom, 
and ever be willing to save our lives by losing 
them, in the spirit of Jesus Christ our crucified 
Redeemer. Amen. 


Gop Our ENVIRONMENT 


Father in heaven, who art not far from any 
one of us—nearer to us than breathing, closer 
than hands or feet—help us not to look away 
from thee for the best things of life. Thou art 
our Rock and our Fortress, a very present help 
in time of trouble. Thou hast beset us behind 
and before, and layest thine hand upon us. 
Rescue us from the misery of groundless fears 
and restless apprehensions. Draw near to us 
and make thy presence real within us. As thy 
readiness to help precedes our sense of danger, 
may the consciousness that thou art our environ- 
ment prevail to drive anxiety from our minds 
and evil from our hearts. Amen. 


THosE WuHo Come Arter Us 


O God, we pray thee for those who come after 
us, for our children, and the children of our 
friends, and for all the young lives that are 
marching up from the gates of birth, pure and 
eager, with the morning sunshine on their faces. 
We remember with a pang that these will live 
in the world we are making for them. We are 
wasting the resources of the earth in our head- 


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long greed, and they will suffer want. We are 
building sunless houses and joyless cities for our 
profit, and they must dwell therein. We are 
making the burden heavy and the pace of work 
pitiless, and they will fall wan and sobbing by 
the wayside. We are poisoning the air of our 
land by our lies and our uncleanness, and they 
will breathe it. 

O God, thou knowest how we have cried out 
in agony when the sins of our fathers have been 
visited upon us, and how we have struggled 
vainly against the inexorable fate that coursed 
in our blood or bound us in a prison-house of 
life. ‘Save us from maiming the innocent ones 
who come after us by the added cruelty of our 
sins. Help us to break the ancient force of evil 
by a holy and steadfast will and to endow our 
children with purer blood and nobler thoughts. 
Give us grace to leave the earth fairer than we 
found it; to build upon it cities of God in which 
the cry of needless pain shall cease; and to put 
the yoke of Christ upon our business life that 
it may serve and not destroy. Lift the veil of 
the future and show us the generation to come 
as it will be if blighted by our guilt, that our 
lust may be cooled and we may walk in the 
fear of the Eternal. Grant us a vision of the 
far-off years as they may be if redeemed by the 
sons of God, that we may take heart and do 
battle for thy children and ours. Amen. 


Tue Kinapom or Gop 


O Christ, thou hast bidden us pray for the 
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righteous will shall be done on earth. We have 
treasured thy words, but we have forgotten their 
meaning, and thy great hope has grown dim in 
thy Church. We bless thee for the inspired 
souls of all ages who saw afar the shining city 
of God, and by faith left the profit of the present 
to follow their vision. We rejoice that to-day 
the hope of these lonely hearts is becoming the 
clear faith of millions. Help us, O Lord, in the 
courage of faith to seize what has now come so 
near, that the glad day of God may dawn at last. 
As we have mastered nature that we might gain 
wealth, help us now to master the social rela- 
tions of mankind, that we may gain justice and 
a world of brothers. For what shall it profit 
our nation if it gain numbers and riches, and 
lose the sense of the living God and the joy 
of human brotherhood? 

Make us determined to live by truth and not 
by lies, to found our common life on the eternal 
foundations of righteousness and love, and no 
longer to prop the tottering house of wrong by 
legalized cruelty and force. Help us to make 
the welfare of all the supreme law of our land, 
that so our commonwealth may be built strong 
and secure in the love of all its citizens. Cast 
down the throne of Mammon, who ever grinds 
the life of men, and set up thy throne, O Christ, 
for thou didst die that men might live. Show 
thy erring children at last the way from the City 
of Destruction to the City of Love, and fulfil 
the longings of the prophets of humanity. Our 
Master, once more we make thy faith our 


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prayer: “Thy Kingdom come! Thy will be 
done on earth.” Amen. 


At EVENING OF THE Lorp’s Day 


O Lord, we would draw near to thee, with the 
closing of thy day. We praise thee for all its 
blessings, both in our homes and in thy house. 
We pray for all who have worshipped thee this 
day, that they may receive with us from thy 
bountiful hand those temporal and _ spiritual 
blessings with which thou enrichest thy children. 
Extend everywhere thy cause and kingdom, 
until all shall know thee from the least unto 
the greatest. If any have sought for thee this 
day, we entreat thee to reveal thyself unto them. 
Bless thy word, wherever it has been taught or 
preached, and pardon all our sins. 

And now, O our Father, we would put our- 
selves under the shadow of thy wings for the 
coming night. Defend us from all harm. Let 
thine angels encamp about us. Keep thou us 
in all our ways, and bring us at length unto 
our Father’s house in peace; through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. Amen. 


Goop FRIDAY 


Lord Jesus Christ! Thou holy and spotless 
Lamb of God, who didst take upon thyself the 
curse of sin which was due unto us, with all 
the heavenly host of the redeemed, we unite 
in ascribing unto thee power, and riches, and 
wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory, and 
blessing. We bless thee for all the burdens thou 
hast borne, for all the tears thou hast wept, for 


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all the pains thou hast suffered, for every drop 
‘of blood thou hast shed, for every word of 
comfort thou hast spoken on the cross, for every 
conflict with the powers of darkness, and for 
thine eternal victory over the terrors of death 
and the pains of hell. | 

O most merciful Father, who of thy tender 
compassion towards us, guilty sinners, didst give 
thine only begotten Son to be an offering for 
our sins, grant us grace, we humbly beseech 
thee, that, being engrafted into him by thy 
Spirit and made partakers of his sufferings and 
death, we may crucify the corrupt inclinations 
of the flesh, die daily unto the world, and lead 
holy and unblameable lives. Cleaving unto his 
cross in the temptations of life, may we hold 
fast the profession of our faith without waver- 
ing and finally attain unto the resurrection of 
the dead, through the merits of this same, once 
crucified, but now risen and exalted Savior. 
Amen. 


EASTER 


Almighty and ever-blessed God, who didst 
suffer thine only-begotten Son to die for our. 
sins, we praise thy great and glorious name that 
thou didst not leave his soul in death nor suffer 
thy holy one to see corruption; but didst highly 
exalt him, giving him a name which is above 
every name, and didst declare him to be the 
Son of God with power by the resurrection from 
the dead. Mercifully grant that we, having 
known the fellowship of his sufferings, may also 
know the power of his resurrection; that like as 


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he was raised up from the dead by the glory 
of the Father, even so we also may walk in 
newness of life. Lift up our hearts that we may 
seek those things which are above, where Christ 
sitteth on the right hand of God. And when at 
last he who is our life shall appear, then may 
we also appear with him in glory: through the 
same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 


CHRISTMAS 


Almighty and eternal God, whom no man 
hath seen nor can.see, we bless thee that thou 
hast been pleased to manifest thyself unto us 
in Jesus Christ thy Son. We praise thee that 
in the fulness of time he came into this world 
and took upon him our human nature, that he 
might reveal to us thy love and bring us into 
fellowship with thee. Thanks be unto thee, O 
God, for this, thine unspeakable gift. 

Grant now, we beseech thee, that, rejoicing 
in the remembrance of his holy birth, we may 
welcome him in our hearts as our Savior and 
Lord. May his Spirit dwell in our souls and 
rule in our lives. May we give ourselves to 
him in gladness and gratitude, and show our 
desire to honor and serve him in the willing 
service of our fellowmen. And may the glad 
tidings of thy grace in Jesus Christ soon be 
proclaimed throughout all the world, to the 
praise of thy most holy name. Amen. 


THE OPENING OF SCHOOL 


O Lord God, our heavenly Father, lead us in 
these habit-forming first days’ of the new year 


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of activity, to desire earnestly thy help, without 
which we can succeed in nothing good. We 
remember that Jesus our Lord was once a 
school-boy, and we know how he grew in wis- 
dom and stature and in favor with God and 
men. May all the boys and girls who start 
anew this year, love him and grow as he did 
in wisdom and stature and favor with God and 
men, because like him they are opening their 
lives to the leading of thy Spirit of grace. Help 
them in the troublesome task, the lonesome 
hour, the losing game. Give them strength to 
form and to hold fast good habits of mind and 
spirit and body. Teach them to respect the 
wisdom, and love the beauty of righteousness. 
Be thou the teacher of all their teachers. Make 
them useful citizens of this Republic, and brave 
and loyal subjects of the Kingdom of Heaven. 
And may we who are older than they, thy chil- 
dren of a larger growth, remember that we too 
are scholars in thy school of life: may its lessons 
not fall on deaf ears and unreceptive hearts; 
may its discipline lead to a larger vision of thee 
and thy purposes for mankind. For Jesus’ sake. 
Amen. 


CLOSE OF THE YEAR 


Most gracious God, who hast been infinitely 
merciful to us, not only in the year past, but 
through all the years of our life, be pleased to 
accept our most unfeigned thanks for thine in- 
numerable blessings to us, graciously pardoning 
the manifold sins and. infirmities of our life 
past, and bountifully bestowing upon us all 


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those graces and virtues which may render us 
acceptable to thee. And every year which thou 
shalt be pleased to add to our lives, add also, 
we humbly implore thee, more strength to our 
faith, more ardor to our love, and a greater 
perfection to our obedience: and grant that, in 
a humble sincerity and constant perseverance, 
we may serve thee most faithfully the remain- 
der of our lives, for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen. 














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